Two pedestrians were struck last week on Santa Cruz County highways, and one of them died of his injuries, the California Highway Patrol said.
The fatal crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. Thursday on Highway 1 in Aptos.
Yosef Cohen, 28, of Santa Cruz was reportedly on a southbound lane of the highway near Freedom Boulevard when he was hit by a Honda CRV. He died at the scene, the CHP said.
The Honda’s driver, a 56-year-old Aptos woman, was not injured.
Before the crash, callers to 911 had reported a shirtless man running in the middle of the two southbound lanes.
In the second crash, on Friday night, Salvadore Aguirre, 43, of Watsonville was hit by a bus on Highway 129 in Watsonville. The crash occurred at 9:48 p.m. in a westbound lane of the highway (Riverside Drive) west of Harvest Drive.
Aguirre suffered major injuries and was taken to a hospital. The driver remained on the scene after the crash.
The CHP did not specify the owner of the bus; it is of a type that’s in the Santa Cruz Metro fleet.
