AN ATV ACCIDENT TURNED FATAL NEAR APTOS, SATURDAY NIGHT. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT NICHOLAS ZIER WAS ALLEGEDLY INTOXICATED WHILE DRIVING AN ATV ON A PRIVATE ROAD NEAR REDWOOD HEIGHTS ROAD. SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT, ZIER LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED THE VEHICLE EJECTING HIS 2 PASSENGERS. 2 AND THE MALE PASSENGER PERFORMED CPR ON THE UNRESPONSIVE FEMALE PASSENGER UNTIL FIRST RESPONDERS TOOK OVER. THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE A SHORT TIME LATER. ZIER WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL ON FELONY DUI CHARGES.
