Police have charged a man after he was found asleep at the wheel at East Maitland over the weekend.
Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter were notified by a worried passer-by, who called emergency services, concerned the man had had a medical episode.
When Police arrived to the scene on High Street in the early hours of Christmas Eve, they found the 19-year-old passed out at the wheel in the middle of the road.
The Karuah man was subjected to a breath test which returned a positive result.
Officers charged the man with drink driving, as well as driving on a suspended licence.
The man will front Maitland Local Court next month.