Ananova:

A drunk Austrian motorist woke up at a petrol station to find himself surrounded by police after smashing into a crash barrier on a motorway without realising.

The 36-year-old ploughed into the crash barrier at the side of the motorway as he drove from the German city Rosenheim to the Austrian capital Vienna.

But the car bounced off the barrier and Thom carried on driving to a nearby petrol station where he pulled over and went to sleep.

He was woken up by police who had been called out by other motorists who saw the man crash. He was given a breathalyser test and was found to be almost three times over the legal drink-drive limit.

A police spokesman said: "He was so drunk he did not even realise that he had crashed. He was very surprised when he saw the state of his car."