WATSONVILLE STREET RACE 12/12/12 6:00a DMF

OFFICIALS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WATSONVILLE TEEN KILLED IN A CRASH ON GREEN VALLEY ROAD ON SUNDAY AS 17-YEAR OLD JUAN JERONIMO. JERONIMO WAS A PASSENGER IN A WHITE 1998 HONDA CIVIC WHEN THE 19-YEAR OLD DRIVER (WHO HAS YET TO BE INDENTIFIED) LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. IT IS STILL UNKNOWN IF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL PLAYED A ROLE IN THE COLLISION; INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE ACCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF A STREET RACE. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING; THE WATSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGES WITNESSES WHO MAY HAVE SEEN THE CRASH CALL 831-768-3314