Traffic Death: Santa Cruz County Man Killed In Crash

SCOTTS VALLEY — A 63-year-old man was killed in a traffic collision Saturday morning on Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley police said.

The victim, identified as Richard Wells, a resident of Santa Cruz County, was alone in his car, police said.

Wells was found about 8:40 a.m. in a white Subaru that had collided with a parked, unoccupied sedan in the parking lot of Skate Park, police said.

While the cause of the crash is under investigation, police said, the Subaru had been observed driving erratically in the parking lot before the crash.

Any witnesses to the collision are asked to contact the Scotts Valley Police Department at (831) 440-5670.

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