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...
Local Accident News: Santa Cruz County
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
![[07-23-2022] Santa Cruz County, CA - Motorcyclist Killed in Head-On Collision near Brookdale](https://arashlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/07-23-2022-Santa-Cruz-County-CA-Motorcyclist-Killed-in-Head-On-Collision-near-Brookdale-420x260.jpg)
According to the California Highway Patrol, a motorcycle crash left one person dead near Ben Lomond on Saturday, July 23, 2022. The crash occurred Saturday afternoon on Alba Road, east of Western Avenue. The person who died in the crash...
![[06-22-2022] Santa Cruz County, CA - One Person Dead, Another Eight Injured in Two-Vehicle Collision on Highway 129](https://arashlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/06-22-2022-Santa-Cruz-County-CA-One-Person-Dead-Another-Eight-Injured-in-Two-Vehicle-Collision-on-Highway-129-420x260.jpg)
According to the Emergency officials, a two-vehicle crash killed one and injured another eight individuals on Highway 129 at Old Chittenden Road Wednesday afternoon, June 22, 2022. According to California Highway Patrol officer Stephen Armfield, the crash occurred at 3:45...
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An unidentified woman was seriously hurt following a traffic collision involving a big rig near Laguna Road on Tuesday afternoon, June 7, 2022. According to the initial reports from local authorities, the crash happened along Highway 1 near Laguna Road....
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According to California Highway Patrol officials, three people were seriously injured, including a child, in a crash involving a car, two trees, and a fire hydrant in the unincorporated Santa Cruz County community of Corralitos on Sunday evening, May 22,...
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According to Watsonville Police a 24-year-old man was fatally struck by a hit-and-run vehicle in Main Street Thursday, May 5, 2022. The deadly collision occurred at 10:30 p.m. at 1900 block of Main Street. According to police, the victim was...
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According to the California Highway Patrol, an 18-year-old teenager identified as Carlton K. from Scotts Valley was killed in a fatal crash Wednesday afternoon, March 30, 2022. The deadly crash occurred at 3:40 P.M. traveling northbound on Granite Creek Road...
According to police, a 57-year-old Gilroy woman was killed in a head-on collision on SR-129 on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The accident occurred at 4:18 p.m. on SR-129 west of Old Chittenden Road near Watsonville. When a Honda Odyssey traveling...
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A teen driver crashed into a tree on Granite Creek Road, killing an 18-year-old Scotts Valley High School football player Carlton K. on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The fatal crash occurred around 3:30 p.m. on Granite Creek Road near Branciforte...
![[03-27-2022] Santa Cruz County, CA - 48-Year-Old Man Killed in Fatal Crash on Cayuga Street](https://arashlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/03-27-2022-Santa-Cruz-County-CA-48-Year-Old-Man-Killed-in-Fatal-Crash-on-Cayuga-Street-1-1-420x260.jpg)
According to Santa Cruz police, a man was killed when the vehicle he was a passenger in collided with a utility pole in Santa Cruz early Sunday morning, March 27, 2022. The police arrived at 5:45 a.m. at the intersection...
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The two-car collision shut down Mission Street in both directions while first responders treated an injured male pedestrian with non-life-threatening injuries on Wednesday, March 23. The crash happened on a midday Wednesday on Mission Street in Santa Cruz. According to...
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According to Watsonville Police, two people died in a three-car crash that occurred in Watsonville on Saturday, March 19, 2022. The fatal crash happened just before 11:30 p.m. at Green Valley Road and Pennsylvania Drive. According to police, the driver...
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Two people, including a 16-year-old boy, were killed after a traffic crash involving multiple vehicles in Watsonville on Saturday night, March 19, 2022. The accident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. in the area of Green Valley Road and Pennsylvania Drive....
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At least two teenagers were hurt after a stabbing incident behind a Watsonville Target on Tuesday afternoon, March 15, 2022. The incident occurred at approximately 3:22 p.m. behind a Watsonville Target near Sunset Vista, and Vista Pointe drives. Four teenagers...
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Several people were hurt following a major multi-vehicle traffic collision in Watsonville on Sunday afternoon, February 20, 2022. According to the initial reports from the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened at around 4:15 p.m. near Holohan Road in Watsonville....
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A 59-year-old man was killed while two others were hurt after a multi-vehicle traffic collision in Watsonville on Monday morning, November 29, 2021. The fatal collision happened at approximately 7:00 a.m. on Highway 129 between Walker Street and Harvest Drive...
![[11-14-2021] Santa Clara County, CA - Head-On Collision on Highway 152 Kills One, Injures Two Others](https://arashlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-14-2021-Santa-Clara-County-CA-Head-On-Collision-on-Highway-152-Kills-One-Injures-Two-Others-1-1-420x260.jpg)
One person was killed while two others were injured after a head-on car accident on Highway 152 on Sunday afternoon, November 14, 2021. According to the initial reports from local authorities, the crash happened on Highway 152 at noontime. A...
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Two people were killed after a deadly motorcycle crash in Watsonville on Saturday afternoon, August 7. The fatal accident took place on Highway 152, east of Carlton Road in Watsonville, at approximately 3:55 p.m. A westbound 2002 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was...
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A 28-year-old man was killed while another man was injured after a major rear-end crash in Scotts Valley on Friday night, June 4th. The accident happened along the northbound lanes of Highway 17 near Mount Hermon Road at around 10:00...
![[04-27-2021] Santa Cruz County, CA - Bicyclist Injured After Getting Struck by a Hit-and-Run Driver at Graham Hill Road](https://arashlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04-27-2021-Santa-Cruz-County-CA-Bicyclist-Injured-After-Getting-Struck-by-a-Hit-and-Run-Driver-at-Graham-Hill-Road-1-1-420x260.jpg)
A bicyclist was seriously hurt after a suspected hit-and-run traffic collision at Graham Hill Road on Tuesday morning, April 27. The collision transpired at approximately 8:00 a.m. at the intersection of Graham Hill Road and Ocean Street. The bicyclist was...
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An unidentified 47-year-old man was killed after getting struck by a hit-and-run driver in Aptos on Monday night, December 21. The deadly accident took place on Highway 1 near Shafter Road in Aptos at approximately 11:30 p.m. The man was...
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An unidentified 42-year-old man was struck by a vehicle while pushing a cart full of recyclable goods in Watsonville early Tuesday morning, December 15. According to the local authorities’ initial reports, the accident transpired at around 1:30 a.m. in the...
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An unidentified pedestrian sustained serious injuries after getting hit by a passing vehicle near an intersection in Aptos on Friday night, December 4. According to the initial reports from local authorities, the accident occurred near Freedom Boulevard and Mariner Way,...
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An unidentified 48-year-old Aptos resident was killed due to a fatal bicycle accident in Rio Del Mar on Friday afternoon, October 30. According to the California Highway Patrol’s initial reports, the accident transpired around 12:20 p.m. on Rio Del Mar...
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One person sustained minor injuries after a DUI traffic collision in Capitola on Saturday evening, September 5. The collision occurred at approximately 7:53 p.m. at the intersection of Capitola Road and 49th Avenue. A 2009 Hyundai Genesis was driving on...
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Possible injuries were reported after a multi-vehicle traffic collision in Watsonville on Wednesday morning, August 12. According to the initial reports from the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened at around 5:50 a.m. Three vehicles collided head-on at Salina Road...
