{"id":306689,"date":"2026-05-08T22:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306689\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T22:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:25:11","slug":"sacramento-woman-killed-in-i-80-motorcycle-crash-in-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306689\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento woman killed in I-80 motorcycle crash in Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAC roadway fatality killed highway still chyron frame.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Roadway fatality\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A 40-year-old Sacramento woman was killed Thursday when the motorcycle she was riding on crashed into the back of a big rig on Interstate 80 in Davis, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened shortly after 2:30 p.m. near Richards Boulevard, according to the CHP online activity log.<\/p>\n<p>The CHP\u2019s Woodland office said the driver of the motorcycle was unable to slow down before reaching slower traffic ahead, causing the motorcycle to rear-end the truck. The woman, who was riding as a passenger, was ejected and struck by a semi-truck in the next lane, CHP said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman\u2019s identity was expected to be released by the Yolo County Coroner\u2019s Office once next of kin are notified of her death.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcycle, pickup truck and semi-truck drivers were not injured, according to CHP.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Davis had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ots.ca.gov\/media-and-research\/crash-rankings-results\/?wpv_view_count=1327&amp;wpv-wpcf-year=2023&amp;wpv-wpcf-city_county=Davis&amp;wpv_filter_submit=Submit\">171 traffic incidents spark an injury or fatality<\/a>, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety, including five that involved motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p>Drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the crash but the CHP said it was continuing its investigation.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/315233098\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAC_8021_CoreySchmidt_HA_260409.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Corey Schmidt\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/315233098\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Schmidt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Corey Schmidt is a watchdog reporter for the Sacramento Bee, focusing on Folsom, El Dorado Hills and Sacramento County\u2019s eastern suburbs. Previously, he was the government watchdog reporter for the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. Schmidt received his bachelor\u2019s degree from DePaul University in Chicago and his master\u2019s degree from Yale University.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 40-year-old Sacramento woman was killed Thursday when the motorcycle she was riding on crashed into the back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-306689","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\/306689","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=306689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}