Police Blotter: Fatal Crash Probe Continues
A 21-year-old man died in the Friday the 13th wreck in North Monterey County.
Investigators are trying to track down how a 19-year-old Aptos woman allegedly got alcohol before a fatal car crash in North Monterey County on Friday night, KSBW Action News 8 reported Tuesday morning.
Erica Duran was behind the wheel of her Honda sedan—packed with six passengers ages 17-24 from Salinas, Watsonville and Aptos—when she tried to pass another vehicle by illegally crossing over double yellow lines and speeding on San Miguel Canyon Road near Prunedale, the TV station reported.
The car collided with a tree on a blind corner, according to the Salinas Californian.
Joshua W. Perez of Salinas died in the crash, the San Jose Mercury News reported. The other passengers and Duran were injured.
Several agencies are investigating the crash, including where Duran got alcohol.
Watsonville Police Log, Monday, Jan. 16
9:07 p.m.—A 34-year-old man was stopped while driving on Oregon and Martinelli streets. He had a suspended drivers license and had 15 tablets of prescription drugs with him.
Sheriff's Office, Thursday, Jan. 12
A man was arrested for driving without a license and for two warrants on South Green Valley Road.
Wednesday Jan. 11
2 p.m.—An apartment on Stewart Avenue was burglarized.
Also, two people made separate reports during the weekend about illegal activity on their bank accounts. In one instance, someone withdrew $403 from a woman's bank account using an ATM in Monterey.
marie silva
2:30 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2012
TO ALL THE NEGATIVE MEAN SPIRTED PEOPLE OUT THERE, ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE HERE NOW. IM SURE EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES INCLUDING YOU, BUT WHO ARE ANY OF YOU TO JUDGE ERICA? SERIOUSLY SHE HAS ALOT TO DEAL WITH ESPECIALLY THE LOSS OF HER GOOD FRIEND AND KNOWING SHE CAN T EVEN BE THERE FOR HER OWN SON. UNTIL SHE GETS SENTENCED. IM SURE SHE IS SAD OVER THE LOSS OF HER FRIEND AND THE CONDITION OF HER OTHER FRIENDS AND WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH, BESIDES DEALING WITH HER OWN INJURIES. THIS IS OUR JOB AS A SOCIETY AND PARENTS TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS. NO WE DON,T ALWAYS KNOW WHERE OUR KIDS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING BUT ITS TIME FOR PARENTS TO TALK TO THEIR KIDS MORE ABOUT DRINKING AND DRIVING OR GETTING INTO SOMEONES CAR WHO IS DRINKING. IM NOT SAYING IT IS OKAY WHAT ERICA DID, BUT WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. LIKE THE SEX TALK IS IMPORTANT SO IS THE DRINKING AND DRIVING TALK. IT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND SAVE A LIFE. COMMUNICATION STARTS WITH YOUR FAMILY.CONTRACTS BETWEEN PARENTS AND TEENS SHOULD BE MADE WITH BOTH PARTIES SIGNING.MEANING YOU WILL PICK UP YOUR KID REGUARDLESS WHAT TIME IT IS AND WHERE THEY ARE. MY NEPHEW WAS IN THE SAME SITUATION AND KILLED HIS BEST FRIEND, INJURED ANOTHER HE GOT 10 YRS, THE TIME AIN 'T WHATS KILLING HIM, ITS THE LOSS OF HIS BEST FRIEND AND THE EMOTIONAL SCARS HE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.HE WAS 18, NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AND NEVER BEEN IN JUVINILE HIS WHOLE LIFE, AFTER RECOVERING FROM BROKEN RIBS STRAIGHT TO JAIL HE WENT.
marie silva
2:35 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2012
ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE HER NOW..... NO ONE ELSE, MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO BOTH FAMILIES. MARIE SILVA