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Teen killed in solo crash on Skyline Boulevard

Original post made on Sep 9, 2016

A passenger in a BMW was killed Thursday when the speeding car careened down an embankment and slammed into two trees in the Santa Cruz mountains near the San Mateo/Santa Clara county line.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 8, 2016, 6:38 PM

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Posted by Stan
a resident of Portola Valley: Los Trancos Woods/Vista Verde
on Sep 9, 2016 at 12:50 pm

It's really surprising that there are not more of these sad tales. EVERY night (early AM really) we are entertained by motorcyclists and car racers trying to demonstrate their testosterone level by racing down Skyline from Hwy 84 to Page Mill Rd. If they can average 100 mph they can claim membership in the century club. Sadly some of them claim early membership in heaven (well at least we can hope they ended up there.
CHP and the two county sheriff's could stuff the county coffers if they chose to enforce the speed laws on this Hwy section.


Posted by SteveC
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Sep 9, 2016 at 2:04 pm

SteveC is a registered user.

youth, speed, inexperience = loss of a loved one. No membership required.


Posted by Tacit Approval
a resident of Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda
on Sep 9, 2016 at 6:11 pm

Racing along Skyline Boulevard in the late hours of the night into the wee hours of the morning takes place EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. There is no denying what is going on. Everyone trying to sleep can hear the roar of the engines. Yet, nothing is done. This amounts to tacit approval by the CHP and Sheriff. So we turn our heads and another teenager loses a life, another family loses a loved one. Very sad.


Posted by diamond J
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Sep 9, 2016 at 7:43 pm

We used to live up near Skyline and I remember waking in the middle of the night to roaring engines and high pitched screeches that would chill my heart and make me so worried. We've seen so many cars that have gone over and people have died or were forever disabled. I know it's a great road to "race" on but please don't.


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