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.

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

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 shooting involving people in two vehicles stopped along Highway 395 in Northern California near the Nevada border killed two people Saturday morning, California Highway Patrol officers reported.

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

Several crashes, one of them a fatal, closed Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County on Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

“The California Highway Patrol is proud of its achievements in recruiting and retaining officers to ensure the state’s public safety,” department spokesperson Jaime Coffee said in a statement.

This was not a ‘road rage’ incident, this was not ‘gang related,'” the Lassen County district attorney’s office said.

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 .