"Shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, CHP officers responded to reports of the first incident a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction on Highway 17 south of Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos, authorities said. The vehicle, a Toyota Camry, was driving northbound in the southbound lanes and caused another vehicle to leave the highway. Authorities do not know where the Toyota entered the freeway."
"The Toyota had crashed first into a Honda Del Sol, then a Honda Civic. The passenger of the Toyota was pronounced deceased at the scene due to fatal injuries, authorities said. The Santa Clara County Coroner's Office identified her as Stephanie Ann Hughes, a 43-year-old woman from San Jose. The Toyota's driver, a 44-year-old man from San Jose, suffered major injuries."
"The second incident occurred just before 2 a.m. Saturday, authorities said. A BMW F900 motorcycle was driving from the northbound Highway 17 to southbound Highway 280 in San Jose when the driver turned into the left shoulder and hit the railing of the concrete bridge at the undercrossing of Moorpark Avenue. The driver was thrown from the motorcycle and landed on a concrete embankment, authorities added."
Two separate traffic collisions on Highway 17 early Saturday resulted in two fatalities. Around 12:30 a.m., a Toyota Camry traveled northbound in the southbound lanes south of Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos, caused another vehicle to leave the highway, and then struck a Honda Del Sol and a Honda Civic. A passenger in the Toyota, Stephanie Ann Hughes, 43, was pronounced dead; the Toyota driver suffered major injuries and is believed to have been driving under the influence. The Del Sol driver suffered major injuries and the Civic driver suffered moderate injuries. Southbound Highway 17 was closed for three hours. Shortly before 2 a.m., a BMW F900 motorcycle turned onto the left shoulder near the Moorpark Avenue undercrossing in San Jose, struck a bridge railing, and the rider was thrown onto a concrete embankment, resulting in a fatality.
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