Pedestrian Flown To Trauma Center After Collision With Vehicle At Watsonville Intersection

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA – California Highway Patrol officials said a pedestrian they initially reported as dead actually survived a collision Saturday evening in Watsonville.

CHP officials received the first report of the collision at 7:53 p.m. at East Lake and Wagner avenues.

The pedestrian was reported dead when officers had been at the intersection only a few minutes. As of 9:50 p.m., the victim was being treated at a hospital and was to be flown to a trauma center for further treatment, a CHP dispatcher said.

The collision was not a hit-and-run. The driver of the vehicle stayed at the intersection.

No further information was immediately available.

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--Bay City News/Image via CHP