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A 77-year-old Capitola man was severely injured in a crash on Highway 152 outside Watsonville on Tuesday.
About 1:30 p.m., the man was driving a black 2014 Chevrolet Silverado west on Highway 152 about 1 mile east of Red Hawk Place, said California Highway Patrol officer Brad Sadek.
Authorities are not sure what caused the crash, but the driver hit a tree and heavy brush, stopping about 10 feet from the road, Sadek said.
No other vehicles were involved and no one else was injured.
Police in Santa Cruz say a man committed suicide by crashing his car into a theater and then stabbing himself in the neck and torso with pieces of the glass debris.
Officers who responded to the scene around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday tried to stop the 34-year-old man from bleeding. He had apparently struck an artery.
But Deputy Chief Steve Clark says he resisted the officers’ attempts to provide first aid. He was eventually loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The theater was closed at the time.
Santa Cruz authorities say a boogie boarder has died after powerful waves sent him crashing into rocks.
Officials say 47-year-old James Zenk of Mountain View was boarding in rough waters near the Santa Cruz Lighthouse on Friday afternoon despite warnings that the surf was dangerous and he should move.
The National Weather Service had issued a high surf advisory Friday, predicting swells from 11 to 13 feet.
The first rescuers who tried to save the boogie boarder were injured and couldn’t reach him because of the large swells.