Coroner ID's Victim in Fatal Highway 1 Head-on Crash

By Bay City News Service:

The San Mateo County coroner’s office has identified a man who died in a head-on collision Monday evening on state Highway 1 in unincorporated Pescadero near Año Nuevo State Park.

John Preyer, a 61-year-old Manteca resident, was killed in a collision between a GMC truck and a Nissan Altima on Highway 1 near Green Oaks Way around 5:40 p.m. Monday.

Two other people were injured and transported to Stanford Hospital, according to the California Highway Patrol. Information about the extent of their injuries was not immediately available Tuesday.

The crash closed lanes of traffic in both directions on Highway 1 between Pescadero and Santa Cruz for more than three hours, according to the CHP.