Crash that killed CalTrans worker occurred during CHP "maximum enforcement" period
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A hit-and-run crash that killed a CalTrans worker happened during a maximum enforcement period by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) that is designed to prevent those exact incidents from occurring.
On Monday, the CHP said a patrol officer assigned to carry out the maximum enforcement campaign in Solano County was the one who spotted 31-year-old Taje Jakkar Holliman after he allegedly struck 51-year-old CalTrans landscaper Quanda McGadney with his Mazda sedan.
McGadney died at the scene from traumatic injuries. Holliman was arrested in front of a business in Fairfield, less than two miles away from the scene of the crash on westbound Interstate 80. He faces felony vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run charges, the CHP said.
Holliman was one of four people arrested during the maximum enforcement campaign. The other three individuals were arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired, the CHP said.
Thirty-five other drivers were cited for speeding on Solano-area highways, while another 26 motorists were ticketed for distracted driving, not wearing a seatbelt and other unsafe driving conditions.
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