Even as Los Gatos police began reopening onramps to southbound state Highway 17, crews were still cleaning up after an unusually messy fatal collision eight hours earlier between a septic tanker truck and two vehicles that had been heading south into the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Highway 17 reopens in both directions after fatal tanker crash, but delays continue
Bay City News Service
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One of the two southbound lanes of State Route 17 reopened at 3:40 p.m. Saturday, almost eight hours after a fatal collision closed the highway in both directions through Los Gatos, but delays were expected to continue.
The key commuter and tourist route to Santa Cruz and other coastal communities was closed completely after a tanker truck overturned and collided with at least one other vehicle about 8 a.m. Saturday, killing one person.
The northbound lanes reopened about an hour later, but all southbound traffic was rerouted for nearly seven more hours to State Route 9, an even curvier path over the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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