Arturo Avalos, 22, Teresita Brady, 19, Osbaldo Melgoza-Oritz, 18, and Vanessa Guzman, 16, killed, and two critically injured in head-on car crash on Freedom Boulevard in Aptos, California
Modified Date:
Tue, 06/02/2015 - 2:44pmAccident Date:
Sunday, March 1, 2015
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"She's lucky she can walk or use her body at all," Warren said Monday. Warren said Cook cannot yet breathe or eat on her own. She will require 24-hour care when she returns to her father's home in Marina and later to Warren's home in Victorville.
Arturo 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. Witnesses told authorities that the Mercedes was being driven erratically before a head-on crash with the Ford, after the Mercedes crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic and struck the Ford F-150. Alcohol appears to have been a factor in the crash, according to police. The CHP asks anyone with information to call 831-662-0511.
Type: Car Accident
Topics:
Accident Topics: Teenaged Drivers - Young Adult Drivers, DWI - DUI - Alcohol or Drug Use, Head-onPeople Involved:
Arturo Avalos
Teresita Brady
Osbaldo Melgoza-Oritz
Charity Cook
Vanessa Guzman
Roadway:
Freedom BoulevardCity:
Aptos, CACounty:
Santa Cruz County, CAArea:
Monterey-Salinas, CA
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