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Man who killed Caltrans worker in hit-and-run sentenced for 8 years

By KTVU Staff
Published  July 21, 2022 9:12am PDT
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Man who hit and killed Caltrans worker sentenced for 8 years

A man who was convicted of hitting and killing a Caltrans worker was sentenced for 8 years in prison.

VACAVILLE, Calif. - A man convicted for a deadly hit-and-run that killed a Caltrans worker in June was sentenced to eight years in prison. 

Taje Holliman, 31, of San Francisco, pleaded no contest to all charges Wednesday, including vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run. He was sentenced to six years of state prison, and two years in county jail. 

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Holliman fatally hit a Caltrans worker, Quanda McGadney, on I-80 west near Lagoon Valley Road in Vacaville and did not stop, investigators said. McGadney, 51, a landscape maintenance worker for the department, died at the scene. 

Holliman was later arrested by the CHP.