A pair of English fans went for a ride in their sleep, police said Sunday, failing to wake up when their van crashed into a parked car.

An England fan waits in the stands before their Group B World Cup 2006 soccer match against Trinidad and Tobago in Nuremberg June 15, 2006. [Reuter]

The two failed to pull the hand brake or leave their Ford Transit in gear when they went to sleep in the vehicle on a street in Mainz, west of Frankfurt.

At about 1 a.m. Saturday, the van rolled across the road and collided with a parked car. It came to a halt in the middle of the street, blocking traffic.

The two England fans were blissfully oblivious, police said. Only after officers rocked and banged on the vehicle did one of them eventually roll down the window.

Police pushed the van back across the road and applied the brakes to prevent a repeat.