Pedestrian, 18, Seriously Injured Sunday in Santa Cruz County Crosswalk

A vehicle struck and seriously injured a pedestrian in a crosswalk in the Soquel area of Santa Cruz County on Sunday, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

At about 8:40 p.m. Sunday, the CHP received a report of a vehicle striking a pedestrian on Soquel Drive and Capitola Avenue in an unincorporated county area several blocks north of state Highway 1, CHP Officer Brad Sadek said.

A 71-year-old Aptos man was driving a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier west on Soquel Drive in the slow lane when an 18-year-old male Santa Cruz resident, who was in a marked crosswalk, walked into the path of the car, Sadek said.

The front right end of the car hit the pedestrian, who was transported by ambulance to Dominican Hospital for treatment of major injuries, according to Sadek.

The CHP is handling the investigation into the collision.

Alcohol or drugs do not appear to have been a factor and the driver was not arrested, Sadek said.

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--Bay City News