He struggled to keep his eyes open and focus as he drove back to where he was staying after hitting the local bar after work, he was one of the commentators for the country's top motor racing category.
His ex wife Nicole, had made his week almost unbearable.
The weather was bad, raining heavily as the car's windscreen wipers worked hard to keep the ever relentless rain that lashed down on the windscreen making it near impossible to see.
"I'll be fine...I was a racecar driver, this is easy! I just need to..."
He didn't see the hitchhiker until it was too late...