Crime & Safety
2 Women Killed in Crashes in Santa Cruz, Monterey Counties 2 Women Killed in Crashes
BREAKING: One of the women had been traveling over 100 mph on the wet roadway at the time of the collision, according to the CHP.
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA — Two women killed in car crashes in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties last week were identified Tuesday afternoon by the Monterey County Sheriff's Office. Nancy Long, a 56-year-old woman from Summerville, Oregon, died at Natividad Medical Center on Tuesday night after she broadsided a 2000 Buick Regal on state Highway 1, killing the two men inside.
Long was driving north toward Coast Dairies State Park when the 19-year-old Santa Cruz man driving the Regal lost control of the car, most likely because he was speeding, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The teen, Wuilliam Lopez Florez, overcorrected, crossing over the double yellow lines into the path of Long's Chevrolet Blazer.
Long crashed into the Regal at 4:24 p.m., killing his 20-year-old passenger, Santa Cruz resident Luis Martinez-Escobar. Lopez Florez was airlifted to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, where he died around 7 p.m. Long was taken to Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz and then flown to Natividad Medical Center, where she died around 9 p.m.
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On Sunday night, 27-year-old Valarie Chavez crashed her Jeep into a tree in Salinas at West Blanco Road and San Vincente Avenue, near Lutheran Church of Our Savior and First Baptist Church of Salinas. The crash was reported to CHP officers at 11:05 p.m. Chavez, a Salinas resident, had been traveling over 100 mph on the wet roadway, according to the CHP.
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