FREEDOM, Calif. (AP) — Four people are dead and four others injured after a head-on collision in Northern California.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports Monday that California Highway Patrol Officer Brad Sadek says the crash occurred about 8 p.m. Sunday in Santa Cruz County.
The crash happened after a Mercedes sedan, traveling west, crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a Ford F-150 truck.
The driver and two of the six passengers in the Mercedes were pronounced dead at the scene. Another passenger in the Mercedes was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. None were wearing seat belts. Their names were not released.
The truck driver went to a hospital with major injuries. Three others went to various hospitals with minor and major injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
Four People Killed, Four Others Injured in Santa Cruz County Crash
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