By Bill Lindelof
blindelof@sacbee.com
A man has been arrested in the death of a pedestrian whose body was found on an Interstate-80 onramp in Roseville.
Jeremy Sam Sarguis (photo left), 20, was arrested on suspicion of vehicle manslaughter and hit and run in the death of Vickie Janell Scott, 46, of Grass Valley.
Scott's body was found on the Atlantic Street onramp to westbound I-80 about 4:30 a.m. Thursday.
The CHP said today that Scott was at the Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln Thursday night and hitchiked a ride to the Roseville area. At some point, the vehicle in which she was riding was pulled over by officers for defective tailight.
Scott was then cited for not wearing a seatbelt, said CHP officer David Martinez.
Later that night, a Placer County sheriff's deputy saw her near a Roseville fast-food restaurant and offered to make a telephone call for her or give her a ride. She declined the offers, said Martinez.
Scott was seen about 2:30 a.m. walking along a city street. She eventually made her way to the onramp where she died after being struck by a vehicle.
"She was struck on the Atlantic onramp about 4:25 a.m.," Martinez said. "There was no shoulder on the road and there's a lot of construction there. She was actually in the traffic lanes."
Sarguis and two people in his vehicle when Scott was hit, came to a CHP office Thursday afternoon.
All three were questioned before Sarguis was booked into Placer County Jail.
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