Santa Cruz County girl identified as victim in fatal five-car collision on ... - San Jose Mercury News
SANTA CRUZ -- California Highway Patrol identified Collette "Coco" Lazenby as the 12-year-old Aptos girl killed in a five-car collision on Highway 1 south, south of La Fonda Avenue late Saturday afternoon. According to CHP officer Trista Sharpe, traffic was stopped in front of the victim's 2003 Toyota Prius when it was struck from behind by a 2004 Ford E-350 truck driven by a 34-year-old San Jose man. Collette was a passenger in the left rear seat of the Toyota Prius, which was driven by her 40-year-old mother, also of Aptos. The Chrysler struck the rear of a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado containing a family of four from Hendersonville, Tennessee. The crash caused the Silverado to collide with the rear of a Volvo V70 driven by a 30-year-old Watsonville man, who was not injured. The 32-year-old male and 36-year-old female in the Chrysler 200 were treated for minor injuries at the scene but declined to be transported to a hospital. The 13-year-old female and 9-year-old boy, who were passengers, were not injured. The family from Hendersonville, which included a 30-year-old man, a 32-year-old woman, and two boys, ages 13 and 6, were not injured. Source: www.mercurynews.com
