'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek talks about his near brush with death after falling asleep at the wheel
'Jeopardy!' host fell asleep while driving in 2004
Alex Trebek, Courtesy: 'Jeopardy!'
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Posted: 11/12/2010
In 2004, 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek was driving his pickup truck near Templeton, Ca. when he fell asleep at the wheel.
Trebek hit a string of mailboxes, sailed over an embankment and landed in a ditch.
He was driving alone and managed to come away from the crash unhurt.
He recorded a public service announcement for the National Sleep Foundation talking his close call.
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