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A 19-year-old Capitola man and a 17-year-old girl were killed Sunday night in a two-car crash near Watsonville, and a man has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular homicide.
A 19-year-old Capitola man and a 17-year-old girl were killed Sunday night in a two-car crash near Watsonville, and a man has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular homicide.
At 8:47 p.m., California Highway Patrol officers responded to a crash involving an Infiniti and a Toyota at the intersection of Highway 152 and Casserly Road, according to a media release. CHP Officer Troy Vincent said Monday that the cause of the crash is still under investigation, but that the driver of the Infiniti has been arrested.
There were two cars and four people involved in the crash, according to the CHP press release. The first car, a 2011 Infiniti G37 driven by a 19-year-old man from Watsonville, was heading westbound on Highway 152 east of Casserly Road at an undetermined speed with a man in his early 20s in the passenger seat.
According to the release, the other vehicle was a gray 2026 Toyota Camry being driven by a 19-year-old man from Capitola heading eastbound at the intersection of Highway 152 and Casserly Road at an undetermined speed with a 17-year-old girl in the passenger seat.
Both occupants of the Toyota sustained major injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the release.
Vincent said that both victims have been identified, but their names will not be released until Tuesday at the earliest to give the coroner time to notify the families. He added that authorities are probably not going to publicly release the 17-year-old girl’s name because she is a juvenile.
The driver and passenger of the Infiniti also sustained major injuries, the media release said. It stated that the driver was transported to Salinas’ Natividad Medical Center for treatment Sunday night by a ground ambulance, and Vincent said the driver is still in the hospital and has been placed under arrest. Vincent also said that the passenger in the Infiniti was transported to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center by air ambulance Sunday night, and was still in the hospital Monday afternoon.
“Just drive safely, be aware of your surroundings, and please don’t drink or use drugs and drive,” Vincent said when asked for comment on the crash.
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