A SCOTTS VALLEY GAS STATION WAS ROBBED SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. POLICE SOURCES SAY AN INTOXICATED MAN ENTERED A MOUNT HERMON GAS STATION, AND THREATENED THE CLERK WHO HAD REFUSED TO SELL HIM ALCOHOL. THE SUSPECT THEN TOOK BEER AND FLED WITHOUT PAYING. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER THE MAN WRECKED HIS CAR AND WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO A BAY AREA HOSPITAL. BOTH THE ROBBERY AND ACCIDENT REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION.
