FHP: Woman killed after falling asleep, falling off motorcycle on I-95

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida woman was killed on Friday afternoon on Interstate 95 after she apparently fell asleep and fell off a motorcycle that she was a passenger on, the Florida Highway Patrol said. 

FHP said the 34-year-old woman fell off the bike and hit the guardrail along the highway. She died at the scene.

The driver of the motorcycle was arrested after the crash for riding with a revoked license and without a motorcycle endorsement, FHP said.

What we know:

FHP said the incident happened around 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 26, on northbound I-95, south of W. Halifax Avenue.

After the woman fell off the bike, the motorcycle driver – later identified as 45-year-old Ricardo Bernal – pulled off to the side of the road and stopped. 

FHP said the woman died at the scene.

Bernal was arrested and booked into the Volusia County Jail for allegedly driving with a revoked license, which resulted in death, and for driving without a motorcycle endorsement.

FHP said Bernal was a "habitual traffic offender." 

What we don't know:

FHP has not released the name of the woman who died.