#highway-17

#highway-17

A California Department of Transportation worker was injured late Wednesday morning when he was hit by a driver on Highway 17, authorities said. The incident happened around 11:45 a.m. north of Redwood Estates, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Ross Lee. Lee said a two-person inspection team from Caltrans headquarters in Sacramento was working on the right shoulder of northbound Highway 17 when a 2016 Jeep veered off the roadway and hit one of them.

The crash happened around 10:39 a.m. Dec. 14 in the southbound lanes just south of Vine Hill Road, near the north edge of Scotts Valley, according to the California Highway Patrol's Santa Cruz office. CHP investigators said the 49-year-old man was driving a 2025 Toyota Tacoma when, for reasons still under investigation, the truck left the roadway and struck a tree near the right shoulder.

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 California Highway Patrol reported a tragic three-car crash on Highway 17 that resulted in the death of a 78-year-old Santa Cruz man and serious injuries to others.