Guadalupe man dead after car goes off road, crashes into tree in Avila Beach area
A Guadalupe man died after a car went off Highway 101, across an embankment and into a tree in the Avila Beach area on Tuesday morning, according to a news release from the CHP.
The single-car crash happened at about 9:40 a.m. in the area of Monte Road and Avila Beach Drive, according to the CHP.
The driver, identified as 44-year-old Arturo Estrada-Aguilera Jr. of Guadalupe, was driving a gray Jeep Cherokee in the No. 1 lane of northbound Highway 101 at a speed of about 70 to 75 mph, the CHP said.
Witnesses told officials that the car abruptly crossed both northbound lanes of the highway and drove onto the shoulder of the road, the CHP said.
The vehicle then “traversed down a steep natural terrain embankment,” crossed the northbound Avila Beach Drive off ramp and then collided head-on into an oak tree, the CHP said.
The agency said Estrada-Aguilera wasn’t wearing his seatbelt, meaning that the impact from the car crashing into the tree caused him to “impact the interior” of his car, injuring him fatally.
This story was originally published October 1, 2019 at 10:27 AM.
