(11:15) The California Highway Patrol reported that one person died during a single car crash near Salinas on Saturday. The driver was traveling westbound on Highway 68, just west of the Laureles Grade, when the vehicle veered off the shoulder and hit a metal sign and guide pole head-on. The driver and the passenger in the front seat were transported to the hospital for minor injuries, but the passenger in the right rear seat died at the scene.
