Three people died in separate vehicle accidents in South Valley over the July 25-26 weekend, according to authorities. Two of the crashes involved motorcycles, with their riders pronounced dead after officers responded.<\/p>\n
A California Highway Patrol commander emphasized that most accidents are preventable, and urged motorists to drive defensively and cautiously.<\/p>\n
The CHP is investigating all three crashes. The first weekend accident occurred about 5:10pm July 25, when a 45-year-old Watsonville woman riding a motorcycle crashed on Highway 101 near the Sargent overcrossing in unincorporated Santa Clara County.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they located a damaged Honda motorcycle with the woman nearby suffering from serious injuries, police said. Despite emergency lifesaving first aid efforts, the woman died at the scene.<\/p>\n
The CHP\u2019s initial investigation has not ruled out any potential causes of the crash. Authorities did not indicate if another vehicle was involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends of the deceased,\u201d said Noel Coady, CHP Hollister-Gilroy Area Commander. \u201cThis incident reminds each of us to \u2018drive (or ride) to arrive.\u2019 Adhering to traffic laws and driving\/riding defensively can make the difference between reaching our destination safely, or tragedy.”<\/p>\n
Another motorcyclist died in a separate accident on July 26. A 34-year-old San Jose man was riding a Harley Davidson when he crashed into a Chevrolet Silverado towing a trailer on State Route 152 at Ferguson Road in unincorporated Santa Clara County, according to the CHP.<\/p>\n
The accident occurred about 2:39pm, authorities said. When officers arrived, they found the rider nearby with serious injuries. Police and paramedics attempted lifesaving first aid, but the motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike most crashes, this tragic event was preventable,\u201d Coady said in a statement. \u201cAll motorists need to prioritize getting to their destination safely, rather than worrying about arriving quickly. Adhering to traffic laws and driving\/riding defensively will save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coady added investigators have not ruled any potential causes of the accident.<\/p>\n
Later on July 26, at about 4:35pm, two pickup trucks were involved in a head-on collision on Bolsa Road, resulting in the death of a 56-year-old Aptos man.<\/p>\n
The accident occurred north of Bloomfield Road. When CHP officers arrived, they found a damaged Toyota pickup with an unresponsive driver, authorities said. A Ford F150 had collided with the Toyota.<\/p>\n
Officers also noticed the driver of the Ford attempting to flee the scene on foot before collapsing nearby, the CHP said.<\/p>\n
Emergency responders attempted first aid on the Toyota driver, who succumbed to his injuries, according to authorities. The driver of the Ford was arrested for fleeing the scene of a crash.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis incident was preventable,\u201d Coady said. \u201cSpeeding and aggressive driving too often result in tragedy. Obeying traffic laws ensures we all make it to our destinations safely.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about the accidents can call the CHP Hollister-Gilroy Area office at 408.427.0700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people died in separate vehicle accidents in South Valley over the July 25-26 weekend, according to authorities.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[859,69742,88,90,89,16217,11790],"class_list":["post-414546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-california-highway-patrol","tag-motorcycles","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-traffic-fatalities","tag-watsonville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}