A 39-year-old woman was killed yesterday after she was struck off of her bicycle by a driver who told the police that he fell asleep at the wheel.
Dead is Somatti Persaud, a fish vendor of Lot 75 Mandal Street Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara, who was struck by a hire car around 3.20 pm along the Zeeburg Public Road.
The police identified the driver as a 44-year-old contractor and resident of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo.
