Panoche
– A San Martin resident was killed when he drove his car off
Panoche Road in the early morning hours Friday in a single-vehicle
accident that police believe was alcohol-related, according to the
California Highway Patrol.
Panoche – A San Martin resident was killed when he drove his car off Panoche Road in the early morning hours Friday in a single-vehicle accident that police believe was alcohol-related, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The 48-year-old man, whose name wasn’t available by press time, was dead by the time emergency crews arrived at 5:35am Friday, CHP Officer Matt Ramirez said.
A motorist driving just before 5:30am saw the vehicle and called 911, Ramirez said.
“From what we can tell it appeared to have happened possibly the night before,” Ramirez said.
Ramirez said the investigating officer believes the driver was intoxicated, but the collision is still under investigation, he said.
While driving eastbound on Panoche Road, west of Little Panoche Road at an unknown rate of speed, the man allowed his 1995 GMC to drive onto the shoulder after rounding a curve in the roadway, according to the CHP.
When the man overcorrected, he shot back across the road and hit a wooden guardrail before sliding down an embankment. The car rolled partially up a hillside before it overturned and came to rest at the bottom of the hill on its right side, according to the CHP. He was wearing a seatbelt.
In an unrelated accident, a 39-year-old San Martin motorcyclist suffered a broken leg and other injuries in a crash at 1:20pm Friday at Murphy Road and Maple Avenue south of Morgan Hill. Robert Enos was taken by helicopter to Stanford Medical Center where he was listed in fair condition.
CHP said Enos, who was behind a 2003 Toyota driven by John Berny, 42, of Morgan Hill, attempted to pass as the other driver began to make left turn.
Enos was thrown from his motorcycle.
