{"id":270483,"date":"2026-04-16T08:37:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270483\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:37:22","slug":"uc-davis-student-dies-at-hospital-after-west-campus-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270483\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Davis student dies at hospital after West Campus collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776328641_917_SAC roadway fatality killed highway still chyron frame.png\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"\" alt=\"Roadway fatality\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A UC Davis student <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucdavis.edu\/news\/student-dies-following-collision-west-campus\">died Monday at a Vacaville hospital after being struck in a collision<\/a> between a car and bicycle on the university\u2019s West Campus, university officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The collision happened just before 3 p.m. Monday on Hutchison Drive in the West Village housing area of the UC Davis campus, university officials said in a statement. The student was taken to Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center, where the student was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>UC Davis officials did not release the student\u2019s name in its initial statement. The Solano County Coroner\u2019s Office later identified the student as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davisenterprise.com\/news\/ucd-student-killed-in-campus-collision\/article_6a91d6c4-fa57-4e5f-9780-60bc9e5ec664.html\">Lincoln Sabini, 20, the Davis Enterprise reported<\/a>. Sabini, an agriculture major, graduated from C.K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento\u2019s Land Park neighborhood in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Sabini worked as a laboratory aide at UC Davis, where he collected and processed plant samples and helped design experiments, according to his LinkedIn profile. During his studies, he also worked as a field intern in the Salinas Valley.<\/p>\n<p>UC Davis police major accident investigators were working with other agencies to determine the cause of the crash. It was unclear if the driver of the vehicle was arrested or cited in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Counseling resources were made available to students, faculty and staff, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Students in need of immediate mental health support can call <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/shcs.ucdavis.edu\/?_gl=1%2A1uj6vbv%2A_gcl_au%2AMTgzMzYyOTk1LjE3NzYyNzEyMTE.%2A_ga%2ANDE3MjIzNDkwLjE3NzYyNzEyMTE.%2A_ga_2N9JP0W2PC%2AczE3NzYyNzEyMTAkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzYyNzI2ODgkajYwJGwwJGgw\">Student Health and Counseling Services<\/a> at 530-752-0871. Faculty and staff can call the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hr.ucdavis.edu\/departments\/asap?_gl=1%2A5he7oj%2A_gcl_au%2AMTgzMzYyOTk1LjE3NzYyNzEyMTE.%2A_ga%2ANDE3MjIzNDkwLjE3NzYyNzEyMTE.%2A_ga_2N9JP0W2PC%2AczE3NzYyNzEyMTAkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzYyNzI3MjUkajIzJGwwJGgw\">Academic and Staff Assistance Program<\/a>, which serves the Davis and Sacramento campuses.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218174875\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776328642_577_SAC_Smith_Darrell_Author_Mug (1).JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Darrell Smith\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218174875\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darrell Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A UC Davis student died Monday at a Vacaville hospital after being struck in a collision between a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-270483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}