my guess is passed out (or already dead) - not sleeping - nobody ‘sleeps’ thru an approaching lawn mover - especially the kind big enough to run over a body and not know it.
I do *a lot* of mowing with big equipment - they are loud - nobody ‘sleeps’ thru that.
What he said:
“I’m going to keep going because I need to. I’m looking for justice and I’m going to be there until something happens.””
What he really means:
““I’m going to keep going because I need to. I’m looking for a check and I’m going to be there until somebody writes one.””
Yeah...it likely made a couple of close passes before it ran over her.