Resident physician for UC Davis psychiatry dies in Sacramento scooter crash. ‘She radiated joy’
A woman struck and killed while riding a scooter in East Sacramento last week was identified as a first-year resident physician in the UC Davis psychiatry department, according to a fundraiser and the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office.
The Sacramento Police Department was called about 10:30 a.m. Thursday to the 1200 block of Alhambra Boulevard, near the intersection of Folsom Boulevard, for a collision between a vehicle and an electric scooter.
The Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Geohaira Sosa, 32.
“She radiated joy, kindness, and authenticity,” read a GoFundMe page created by UC Davis Department of Psychiatry. “We hope to carry forward her spirit in our communities.”
Sosa moved from the East Coast to California to begin her residency only two months ago, according to the GoFundMe, which had raised about $25,000 by Tuesday afternoon.
Sosa had completed her bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology at Queens College as a first-generation college student, Helen Kales, the chair for UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, wrote online.
A New York City resident, Sosa worked on a newsletter providing health education to current and former incarcerated people while also serving as a mental health ambassador for low-income college students with mental illnesses, Kales wrote. She also worked as a crisis counselor on a text line.
Sosa attended medical school at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, where she also attained her master’s degree in urban bioethics.
“Geo was one of only 9 individuals selected from over 1200 applicants for a position in the Psychiatry intern class,” Kalen wrote. “Our Department of Psychiatry family has lost a wonderful person and physician who will be missed and mourned by all who knew or interacted with Geo.”
The GoFundMe was raising money for funeral costs and to transport her body back to her family.
“Geo was an absolutely beautiful person inside and out,” the GoFundMe read.
