VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER TM

A 37-YEAR-OLD SANTA CRUZ MAN FACES VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AFTER STRIKING AND KILLING A PEDESTRIAN IN SOQUEL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DARREN PAUL BROWN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT SOQUEL DRIVE AND MAIN STREET ABOUT 2 P.M. AFTER HITTING A 47-YEAR-OLD WATSONVILLE WOMAN. THE VICTIM, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. BROWN WAS BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. HE WAS FREED LAST NIGHT AFTER POSTING $50,000 BAIL.