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A ΢����Ƶ student has died following a collision with a garbage truck on campus just after 8 a.m. today, May 25. The student was transported to ΢����Ƶ Medical Center after being struck by the truck at the junction of Dairy Road and Hutchison Drive. The incident is being investigated by ΢����Ƶ and Davis police departments with support from the West Sacramento Police Department.

“On behalf of ΢����Ƶ, we share our deepest condolences with her family. We share in the pain of their loss,” said Chancellor Gary S. May. “In this time of grief, I do want to thank our first responders who worked heroically at the scene as well as the ΢����Ƶ Medical Center team who did everything they could to save her life.”

΢����Ƶ has guidelines that emphasize family, student and community support in the case of a sudden student death. The campus response is guided by the . 

Students in need of immediate mental health support can call  at 530-752-0871. Faculty and staff can reach out to the , which serves the Davis and Sacramento campuses.