7 people were hospitalized after a head-on crash occurred this afternoon in Watsonville. The just before 1 p.m. collision took place on West Beach Street at Shell Road near Palm Beach State Park when a 15-year old Hollister girl was driving with her learners permit. The girl’s vehicle veered onto the shoulder of the road when she overcorrected the car and drove into oncoming traffic, hitting a Geo Prism. The driver of that car and his passenger, were airlifted to out-of-county trauma centers, meanwhile, the girl, her mother and 2 others suffered minor injuries. .
