Two women were hurt early Thursday morning in a head-on crash on Highway 129 (Riverside Road) east of Watsonville. The California Highway Patrol said the women were aboard a Kia sedan that pulled out onto Highway 129 as the driver was attempting a left turn from Thompson Road around 5:30am. A Ford Ranger pickup traveling westbound on Highway 129 with two men aboard slammed head-on into the Kia. The impact heaved the Kia off the pavement into a ditch and flipped the Ford onto its roof. Both women were taken to area hospitals, while the men were uninjured, the CHP said. The incident is still under investigation.
