Local Accident News: Santa Cruz County

A 17-year-old pedestrian was severely injured after being struck and dragged by a tourist train on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. According to Santa Cruz Police Department Deputy Police Chief Jon B., the incident occurred...

A bicyclist was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle along Mission Street, Santa Cruz, on Thursday, June 15, 2023. According to the Santa Cruz Police Department, the crash happened between Mission Street and Center Street. An unknown bicyclist struck...

A motorcyclist was killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a car in Santa Cruz County on Wednesday evening, June 7, 2023. The California Highway Patrol said the incident occurred after 6:00 p.m. on Highway 1 north of Wilder...

A junior varsity golfer was hospitalized after being struck by a large, fallen Monterey Cypress branch during a practice round in Santa Cruz County on Thursday, March 23, 2023. According to authorities, the accident occurred near the cart path, halfway...

A 40-year-old pedestrian sustained severe injuries after a hit-and-run on Highway 9, Santa Cruz County, on Sunday evening, March 26, 2023. According to the California Highway Patrol, the collision happened around 9:40 p.m. along Hwy 9, south of Mill Street....

A 12-year-old pedestrian got struck by a vehicle in Freedom, Santa Cruz County, on Monday morning, March 20, 2023. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 6:58 a.m. on Buena Vista Drive at Miller Avenue. The 12-year-old...

A pedestrian collision claimed the life of a 44-year-old man in Santa Cruz on Friday morning, March 17, 2023. The deadly crash reportedly occurred around 6:15 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 1 and River Street. According to authorities, a...

A DUI collision claimed the life of a 26-year-old woman, Breanna R., and injured 25-year-old Kianna H. in Watsonville on Saturday night, March 4, 2023. The fatal crash reportedly occurred around 10:22 p.m. at Holohan and Grimmer Roads. Authorities stated...

Two people were injured following a two-vehicle crash involving a DUI driver near Soquel in Santa Cruz County on Friday morning, March 03, 2023. According to the California Highway Patrol, the collision occurred at about 8:19 a.m. on Soquel San...

A pedestrian crash led to the death of a 29-year-old woman, identified as Aubrey N., in Watsonville Friday night, January 6, 2023. Reports confirmed that the collision occurred around 11:54 p.m. between Main Street near Rodriguez Street. According to authorities,...

A 44-year-old male pedestrian was killed after being struck by a car in Santa Cruz on Friday morning, January 20, 2023. According to the Santa Cruz Police Department, the fatal crash occurred shortly before 6:15 a.m. at the intersection of...

Authorities and bystanders rescued a cyclist after a vehicle struck him in Watsonville on Thursday morning, December 15, 2022. Reports indicate that the collision occurred around 8:00 a.m. on Pacifica Avenue and Main Street. According to police, the driver of...

A 76-year-old woman was fatally struck by a vehicle in Davenport on Friday afternoon, December 16, 2022. Authorities confirmed that the collision occurred around 3:00 p.m. at a residence on Swanton Road, east of State Highway 1. According to reports,...

A 31-year-old male pedestrian was injured and hospitalized after being hit by a car in Soquel, Santa Cruz County, on Wednesday evening, November 30, 2022. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash happened shortly before 6:48 p.m. on State...

One person was killed and another was injured following a head-on collision in Felton on Sunday evening, November 20, 2022. According to the California Highway Patrol Santa Cruz, the crash occurred at 4:28 p.m. on Mouth Hermon Road and Covenant...

Two people were injured following a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 17 Thursday afternoon, November 10, 2022. According to authorities, the crash transpired around 4:30 p.m. north of the connector ramp southbound of State Highway 1. The California Highway Patrol...

A 43-year-old man suffered critical injuries after a Pedestrian Crash involving a bus that struck him in Santa Cruz on Friday, October 28, 2022. The crash transpired around 9:48 p.m. on state Route 129 in the westbound direction, west of...

According to the California Highway Patrol, a pedestrian man was struck and killed early on Highway 1 in Aptos Thursday morning, October 27, 2022. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Alyssa Gutierrez, the crash occurred at around 6:20 a.m. south...

According to the California Highway Patrol, a pedestrian was injured after being struck by a vehicle crash on State Route 1 north of Santa Cruz Monday, September 26, 2022. The crash occurred around 4:15 p.m. on State Route 1 at...

A female died after a fatal pedestrian accident in Watsonville on Thursday night, September 22, 2022. According to Watsonville police, the mishap occurred around 8:30 p.m. on South Green Valley Road between Loma Prieta and Carey avenues. According to investigators,...

According to the authorities, a DUI driver was a suspect in nine counts of hit-and-run in the city’s Explorer neighborhood in Santa Cruz on September 9, 2022. The hit-and-run collision occurred around 8:30 p.m. near Columbus Drive and Elinor Street....

A 69-year-old man, identified as James J., a resident of Santa Cruz, was struck and killed after a DUI hit-and-run crash accident in the area of Capitola Road on Sunday night, September 11, 2022. According to the CHP, the crash...

A tree worker was killed while trimming branches on Bear Creek Road on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. The incident occurred shortly after noon in the vicinity of Little Bear Lane and Mayfair Road. The Boulder Creek Fire Department sent two...

According to law enforcement officials, multiple fatalities were found after two small private planes collided in mid-air in south Santa Cruz County around Thursday afternoon, August 18, 2022. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a single-engine Cessna 152 and a...

A Watsonville man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and a hit-and-run crash injuring his child passenger after Watsonville police caught up with him near his heavily damaged car in Watsonville on August 1, 2022. According to the Watsonville Police...

A 24-year-old woman died, and a 4-year-old child sustained severe injuries after being fatally hit by a passing vehicle on River Street on Thursday morning. The accident happened around 12:45 a.m. on Highway 1 at River Street. The child was...