Caltrans has confirmed that considered one of their workers was killed Friday morning in a visitors incident in Vacaville.
A Solano County Coroner’s Workplace official recognized the sufferer as Quanda McGadney, 51, of Fairfield.
Caltrans officers stated the girl, a panorama upkeep employee, had served California residents for greater than 18 years, and started her service with Caltrans in 2018. She is survived by her 9-year-old daughter, Nairobi, and two sisters, Priscilla Stevenson and Candice McGadney.
“The lack of considered one of our personal public servants on this tragic incident is being felt closely throughout the Caltrans household right now. Our ideas and heartfelt help are targeted on her household, mates and colleagues at the moment,” stated Caltrans Performing Director Steven Keck in a press assertion.
McGadney is the primary Caltrans District 4 (Bay Space) worker to die on the job since 2017. She is the thirty seventh within the historical past of District 4 and the a hundred and ninetieth Caltrans employee to lose their life on the job since 1921.
“This tragedy is especially painful, coming so near our staff memorial service just a bit over a month in the past, and drives dwelling how harmful our work on California’s roadways may be,”Keck stated. “Our focus (is) on security and the ‘Transfer Over’ regulation, and (we're) asking the general public to extend their consciousness of the individuals engaged on the highways on their behalf are a part of our continued effort to get rid of these tragic incidents.”
A memorial fund is being established by the California Transportation Basis.
Simply after 10 a.m., the California Freeway Patrol responded to a report of a hit-and-run crash on westbound Interstate 80 west of Lagoon Valley Highway.
Officers discovered McGadney on the freeway shoulder. She died on the scene.
Investigators quickly decided that the motive force of a white Mazda 3 had struck the pedestrian earlier than fleeing the scene. The suspect was quickly arrested in Fairfield by a CHP officer with the help of a Fairfield police officer, CHP officers stated.
Taje Jakkar Holliman, age 31, of San Francisco, was booked into Solano County Jail on suspicion of quite a few expenses together with hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter.
The crash stays underneath investigation by the CHP Solano Space workplace and Golden Gate Division’sMultidisciplinary Accident Investigation Workforce.
Anybody with info is requested to name the CHP’s Investigation Tip Line at 917-4491.