OAK HILL, Fla. – A 34-year-old Sanford woman was killed Friday when she fell asleep on the back of a motorcycle and fell onto I-95 in Volusia County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The fatal single-vehicle wreck happened around 2:05 p.m. on I-95 north at mile marker 235, just north of the Brevard County line.
The FHP said Ricardo Bernal, 45, of Sanford was operating a 2003 Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide and the woman – later identified as Sara Vasquez – was his passenger.
According to an FHP crash report, Vasquez is believed to have fallen asleep and fell off the bike, striking a guardrail. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Bernal was arrested on charges of driving with a revoked license as a habitual traffic offender resulting in death, driving with a suspended or revoked license and driving without a motorcycle endorsement. He was booked into the Volusia County jail.
Neither Bernal nor Vasquez were wearing helmets, the crash report stated.
Traffic was diverted at Exit 231 onto U.S. Highway 1 in the Scottsmoor area, but I-95 was later reopened.