(10:15) Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz CHP reported a fatal car crash took place yesterday afternoon on Highway 17. At around 3:30 p.m. 2 vehicles traveling northbound, just south of Mount Hermon Road, collided. One of the drivers, a 64 year-old woman, ran off the east shoulder, through the perimeter fence and across El Ranch Road, where she collided with a tree. The woman was transported to a hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. The cause of the accident is still under investigation.