Court yesterday.

Deryck Francis, of Cameron Close, Smith's Parish pleaded guilty to driving along Palmetto Road, Devonshire without due care on June 15.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor said Francis, while behind the wheel of a taxi, fell asleep. The taxi, Sgt. Taylor added, drove up onto a curb and collided with a palm tree. Francis told Magistrate Cheryl-Ann Mapp that he had been working more than one job and was overworked.

Mrs. Mapp ordered Francis to pay a $150 fine.