Proving formula for $\sin(\alpha + \beta)$ with unit circle without making assumptions on $\alpha, \beta$.

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Background

I'm looking over this unit circle proof for the formula for $\sin(\alpha + \beta)$ found on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofs_of_trigonometric_identities#Angle_sum_identities

The proof is simple enough, but I'm wondering if the proof holds for, let's say $\alpha \in (0, \frac\pi2), \ \beta = \pi$.

This would make the lines $OP, \ OQ$ colinear, and we wouldn't get all those right triangles to work with, which the proof is heavily dependent on.

Question

Is there a simple re-write of this proof that deals with this special case?