A Massachusetts man allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and ran a red light at a Bangor intersection, causing a three-vehicle crash.

Seth McLaughlin, 40, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, has been charged with driving to endanger, failure to stop at a red light, operating after suspension and violating his conditions of release, according to Sgt. Jason McAmbley, a spokesperson for the Bangor Police Department.

McLaughlin was driving on Griffin Road about 4 p.m. Sunday when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel, ran a red light and hit a vehicle traveling through the intersection with Ohio Street.

That propelled the second vehicle into a third vehicle stopped at the intersection, McAmbley said Wednesday morning.

McLaughlin reportedly told police that he had been up since early in the morning

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