Fatal collision closes Highway 1 south of Tunitas Creek Road


By on Sun, October 2, 2005

A head-on collision with a suspected drunk driver left a 19-year-old student at UC Santa Cruz dead and closed Highway 1 for about two hours just south of Tunitas Creek Road.  The driver of a southbound truck drifted into the northbound lane in front of an oncoming motorcycle.  The truck’s driver was arrest onn suspicion of manslaughter, DUI causing injury or death and hit-and-run causing injur or death.