HIGHWAY 9 SOUTHBOUND IS STILL CLOSED NEAR MIDDLE ROAD (WHICH IS BETWEEN BROOKDALE AND BOULDER CREEK) DUE TO AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED JUST BEFORE 8 A.M. THIS MORNING. THAT’S WHEN A VEHICLE HIT A POWER POLE. BECAUSE P.G. & E. CREWS ARE OUT THERE WORKING TO RESTORE SERVICE TO THE AREA, SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS BEING DETOURED ONTO ALBA, THEN EMPIRE GRADE ROAD AND JAMISON CREEK ROAD AND BACK TO HIGHWAY 9.
THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 9 IS OPEN, ALTHOUGH TRAFFIC IS REPORTEDLY MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE AREA.
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2 PEOPLE WERE AIR-LIFTED TO OUT OF COUNTY TRAUMA CENTERS AFTER 2 SEPARATE ACCIDENTS RECENTLY. A 90 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS INJURED WHEN HE TURNED HIS VEHICLE LEFT IN FRONT OF A TRUCK ON WATER STREET IN SANTA CRUZ YESTERDAY MORNING, AND ANOTHER MAN WAS INJURED SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HE CRASHED HIS VEHICLE HEAD-ON INTO A TREE IN CORRALITOS. THAT 1:20 P.M. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON AMESTI ROAD NEAR ORCHARD VIEW DRIVE.
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A QUICK-THINKING BANK MANAGER KEPT A BANK ROBBERY FROM HAPPENING IN WATSONVILLE YESTERDAY. THAT AFTER 59 YEAR-OLD MARK SMITH WALKED INTO THE EAST LAKE AVENUE BRANCH, DEMANDED 2 THOUSAND DOLLARS SO HE COULD PAY A FRIEND’S RENT, AND SAID HE HAD A BOMB IN HIS BACK-PACK. THE BANK MANAGER TOLD SMITH HE’D BE BETTER OFF JUST TAKING OUT A LOAN. WHILE PRETENDING TO GO GET THE APPROPRIATE LOAN PAPERWORK, SHE CALLED 9-1-1.
SMITH WAS BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL ON SUSPICION OF ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, MAKING CRIMINAL THREATS, AND MAKING A FALSE BOMB REPORT.
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An overturned semi truck caused a portion of Crazy Horse Canyon Road in Prunedale to be closed for about 2 hours early this morning. The truck and it’s 53-foot trailer were traveling southbound on Highway-101 at around 2:15 a.m., when they skidded off the roadway down a steep embankment. It is believed that the truck took the corner too fast while turning onto Crazy Horse Canyon Road. The driver was not injured. The truck, which was transporting grapes from Napa Valley, was pulled out of the ditch by 2 tow trucks. The road was reopened as of 5 a.m.
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