Photo: North Dakota Highway Patrol

CASSELTON, N.D. (KFGO) – A close call for a driver who fell asleep at the wheel on his way to work and crashed west of Fargo.

The SUV swerved off I-94 near the Embden exit and landed in a water-filled slough.

A state trooper responded about 6:30 this morning to a report of a person walking along the interstate and located the man who explained he had crashed. The vehicle could not be seen from the roadway. The man was soaking wet and cold but was not hurt.

The driver told the officer that God saved him.