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Monday, December 12, 2016Area:
Monterey-Salinas, CADate:
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Saturday, March 28, 2015Area:
Monterey-Salinas, CAMiles Lagunas, a 19-year-old sophomore attending Santa Clara University, was cautiously riding a motorcycle on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz, California when a suspected drunken driver smashed into him from behind. Lagunas survived the crash, but he sustained several broken bones, a punctured lung and bladder and severe road rash. The driver of the vehicle that hit Lagunas fled from the scene but was soon located from a license plate found at the scene.
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Sunday, March 1, 2015Area:
Monterey-Salinas, CAArturo Avalos, 22, from Watsonville, was the Mercedes driver who died in a collision on Freedom Boulevard on Sunday night. Also killed were Teresita Brady, 19, Osbaldo Melgoza-Oritz, 18, and a 16-year-old Watsonville girl, who has not yet identified. Two more passengers in the Mercedes, an 18-year-old woman from Marina and a 21-year-old man from Watsonville, remained in critical condition. The 56-year-old Aptos man who was the driver of a Ford F-150 in the collision also is listed in severe condition at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center on Monday.
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Friday, December 26, 2014Area:
Monterey-Salinas, CAJose Adan Lainez, 63, was riding his bicycle east on Soquel Avenue near Hagemann Avenue in Santa Cruz at 6:40 a.m. Friday when he was struck from behind by what investigators suspect is a 2007 white Toyota Tundra. The Toyota also sheared a traffic light pole, sending it into a nearby parking lot before driving away. Police say the pickup most likely has damage on its right front and right side, and surveillance footage from area businesses show a white truck speeding away from the scene, but police have not found an image clear enough to show the driver or the pickup's license plate.
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Thursday, October 2, 2014Area:
Monterey-Salinas, CADavid Ralston, of Fenton, was riding a motorcycle near Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park on Highway 9 when a Mazda pickup driver turned left in front of him and the two collided, according to the California Highway Patrol. Ralston was thrown from his motorcycle, and he flew over a guardrail and suffered a severe right leg injury that required amputation below the knee. He is now required to use a walker.
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Saturday, May 31, 2014Area:
Monterey-Salinas, CAThe California Highway Patrol has identified the 66-year-old Copperopolis man arrested after a head-on motorcycle collision with a vehicle on Highway 1 north on Sunday.
Anthony Perez was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence shortly after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle near 41st Avenue shortly after 5 p.m., CHP officer Leland Adkins said Monday.
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Monday, May 12, 2014Area:
Monterey-Salinas, CAA motorcyclist died in a crash on Highway 1 during rush-hour Tuesday after he slammed into the back of a Comcast pickup that had slowed for traffic, authorities said.
The man was riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle on southbound Highway 1 just before the Morrissey Boulevard exit about 4 p.m. when the crash happened, said California Highway Patrol officer Brad Sadek.
The rider likely didn't see the pickup slow down, and he struck it, Sadek said. The motorcyclist was wearing a helmet but he was pronounced dead at the scene, Sadek said.