—photo by Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian

A large section of Valencia School Road in Aptos slid down a hillside, taking a PG&E utility truck along with it just past midnight on Thursday.

A 50-foot swath of asphalt road and earth gave way, making the road impassable.

California Highway Patrol officer Sam Courtney said the 41-year-old male driver suffered minor injuries and managed to crawl out of his vehicle and knock on the door of a nearby home for help.

—photo by Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian
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Tarmo Hannula
Tarmo Hannula has been the lead photographer with The Pajaronian newspaper in Watsonville since 1997. More recently Good Times & Press Banner. He also reports on a wide range of topics, including police, fire, environment, schools, the arts and events. A fifth generation Californian, Tarmo was born in the Mother Lode of the Sierra (Columbia) and has lived in Santa Cruz County since the late 1970s. He earned a BA from UC Santa Cruz and has traveled to 33 countries.

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