County Coroner IDs Campbell Woman Tragically Killed in Gilroy-Area Crash

A Campbell woman killed in a head-on collision that killed another person and injured six on Saturday outside of Gilroy was 65-year-old Maria Armenta, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office.

California Highway Patrol officials received a call at 9:48 a.m. Saturday about a two-vehicle accident blocking both lanes of Highway 152 in the Pacheco Pass area west of Lovers Lane in southeastern Santa Clara County.

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A 53-year-old man from San Jose was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Cruze sedan heading east on the highway with two passengers, including a Campbell woman later identified as Armenta, and a 54-year-old woman from San Jose, CHP officials said.

The Chevrolet Cruze collided with a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu sedan driven by a 20-year-old Sylmar woman who was headed west, according to the CHP.

Armenta and the driver of the Chevrolet Cruze, whose name has not been released, died at the scene.

The second passenger suffered major injuries and was transported to a hospital, according to the CHP. The Sylmar woman and at least three of her four passengers also suffered major injuries and all five were hospitalized, CHP officials said.

The accident blocked the two-lane highway for two and a half hours and the CHP had to reroute eastbound traffic onto Frazier Lake Road and westbound traffic onto Lovers Lane, both in San Benito County.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. Officers do not suspect that alcohol or drugs were factors in the collision, according to the CHP.

--Bay City News

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