(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Coroner has released the identity of the passenger killed in a Yuba City solo-vehicle collision near Yuba-Sutter Marketplace last week: 22-year-old Rhianna Ruiz.

Ruiz was killed when 35-year-old Jeff Ross, driving a Toyota Rav 4 “at a high rate of speed” according to the collision report, east on Colusa Highway last Wednesday morning around 8:00, when he collided with a light pole at Rocca Way. The vehicle burst into flames and first responders took Ross to the hospital with “significant injuries” while Ruiz was declared dead at the scene.

A Yuba City Police Department spokesperson tells The Appeal-Democrat the investigation is ongoing and “any potential charges would come at a later date.”