WATSONVILLE—The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has identified the second man that died in a head-on crash on Highway 129 on June 22 as Nestor Emmanuel Beltran Quiroa, 20, of Los Banos.
Quiroa, one of three passengers in a 2008 Honda Ridgeline pickup, died at the scene of the 3:45pm crash. The driver, Alex Mascarenoluque, 32, of Los Banos, died later at an out-of-county trauma center. Seven others were injured.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation, said California Highway Patrol officer Alyssa Gutierrez. Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the collision.
