A man woke up Monday morning, thinking he had parked the car he was driving in Santa Ana, police said. But he was actually inside Aliso Niguel High School.

A sheriff’s deputy arrested Alexander Nixon, 23, of Las Vegas on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after rousing him from a slumber inside a silver 2014 Dodge sedan that was parked in the middle of the high school, which is located off Alicia Parkway in Aliso Viejo, said Lt. Dan Dwyer of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

Dwyer said the car was in a back lot of the school, though the exact location on campus is unknown. But a photo of the incident showed the car on what appears to be a pathway leading to an outdoor seating area.

The department received two calls about a man, later identified as Nixon, sleeping in his car around 6:40 a.m.

When deputies arrived, the man was still sleeping, with the car parked and the key in the ignition, Dwyer said.

Nixon is not the registered owner of the car, which had Nevada license plates, but the vehicle is not stolen, Dwyer said.

Nixon told the deputy he had been drinking and then driven home, Dwyer said. He then told the deputy he thought he was in a Santa Ana parking lot, Dwyer said.

The deputy gave Nixon a field sobriety test, which he failed.

No one was injured.

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