APTOS – A Seaside man was badly hurt Sunday when he lost control of his car on northbound Highway 1 and hit a steel guardrail around 11 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported.
When the man’s 1994 BMW went off the right side of the road just north of Rio del Mar Boulevard, the guardrail punctured the passenger side of the car and pinned the driver inside the vehicle, the CHP reported.
Aptos/La Selva Fire personnel cut him out of the car using a Sawzall and hydraulic cutters. The man, who is 39, was flown to Valley Medical Center to be treated for a broken shoulder, chest pain and head injury.
Apparently, a witness told CHP officers the man’s car passed her moments before the crash and that his speed seemed excessive for the heavy rain conditions. The witness said the man was braking heavily for slower moving traffic.
There were no passengers in the car and no other vehicles were involved in the crash. One northbound lane was closed for about an hour while emergency crews worked.
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