By Liz Kellar | Staff Writer
Authorities are still searching for a 23-year-old woman who they say hit a motorcyclist head-on Saturday and fled the scene.
Brienne Amber Rousseau was identified by witnesses and evidence at the scene, said California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Steele.
Rousseau was driving an Infiniti G35 southbound on Lower Colfax Road, near Laws Ranch Road, at just after noon when she hit a northbound BMW motorcycle, Steele said.
“She was driving on the wrong side of the road,” he said.
The motorcyclist, a 51-year-old man from Roseville, was ejected and sustained major but non-life-threatening injuries, Steele said. He was flown to Sutter Roseville Medical Center.
One person is dead and others injured in a Wednesday crash on Interstate 80, authorities said.
A witness at the scene said a black Ford pickup headed eastbound on I-80, near the Gold Run rest stop, was going 90 to 100 miles per hour when it veered to the right, off the road, said Officer Robert Schmidt, of the Gold Run California Highway Patrol office.
“Hit a sign, hit a couple smaller trees and then two big trees that stopped it in its place,” he added.
The right, front passenger died on scene, Schmidt said.
The driver was critically injured and transported via air ambulance to Sutter Roseville Medical Center.
Nurses with Sutter Roseville Medical Center are urging hospital officials to staff for safe patient care. Author: Giacomo Luca (ABC10) Updated: 11:32 PM PST December 15, 2020
ROSEVILLE, Calif. Nurses who work at the Sutter Roseville Medical Center are protesting new California emergency staffing waivers that would allow hospitals to increase the nurse-to-patient ratio.
The nurses were joined by patients, family, and community members near the hospital.
On Dec. 11, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration began issuing nurse-to-patient ratio waivers to help with staffing needs. The waivers allow hospitals to put more patients with nurses in some facilities including Intensive care units, step down units, telemetry units, emergency medical services, and medical/surgical units.