A San Jose man was killed Sunday morning after his pickup truck veered off state Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County and slammed into a tree, authorities said.

Officers attempted to stop the driver after the Acura was spotted on Highway 1 near Verde Road, but the driver kept going, authorities said. CHP officers pursued the vehicle northbound and coordinated with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. The pursuit ended when officers were able to stop the Acura driver near Triple D Ranch, the CHP said.

(KRON) — The California Highway Patrol is actively investigating a deadly crash on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County near Vine Hill Road, roughly 5.5 miles south of Santa Clara County. Authorities temporarily shut down the northbound side of Highway 17.

A section of Highway 1 just south of Half Moon Bay closed to traffic Saturday night due to police activity, the California Highway Patrol said in an announcement around 8 p.m.

A San Jose man was killed Sunday morning when his pickup truck veered off Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County and slammed into a tree, authorities said. The crash happened around 10:39 a.m. Dec. 14 in the southbound lanes just south of Vine Hill Road, near the north edge of Scotts Valley, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Santa Cruz office.

Officers from the California Highway Patrol responded to the accident scene and found Villapando suffering from minor injuries. According to the CHP, Villapando complained of pain to his back and

The California Highway Patrol says they arrested a 24-year-old woman who allegedly left the scene of a deadly crash back in April.

One person was killed and another suffered moderate to major injuries in a head-on crash Sunday night on Highway 14 in the Mojave area, the Highway Patrol reported.

A speeding stop turned into an arrest on suspicion of DUI for the driver of a commercial semitrailer truck earlier this week after the California Highway Patrol pulled over a big rig on the Central Coast .