The family of Susan “Suzie” Smith, the veteran flight nurse who died following a medevac helicopter crash on a Sacramento freeway, will host a public celebration of life on Nov. 14 at the Redding Civic Auditorium.
The event at 700 Auditorium Drive is scheduled for 6 p.m., with doors opening at 5 p.m., according to an obituary notice posted Wednesday.
Smith, 67, was critically injured on Oct. 6 when the Reach Air Medical Services helicopter she was aboard crashed onto the eastbound lanes of Highway 50 shortly after taking off from UC Davis Medical Center. She died four days later, surrounded by her family…