BEN LOMOND, Calif. - A woman was killed in a head-on collision in Santa Cruz County on Saturday morning.

California Highway Patrol officers were called about 8:20 a.m. to the scene of a crash on State Route 9 just south of Brackney Road, the department said in a statement .

At the scene, officers learned that an 80-year-old woman from Felton in a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle was driving northbound on the highway when she collided with a Toyota Sequoia driving in the opposite direction.

"As a result of the crash, the driver of the Volkswagen sustained major injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene by medical personnel, despite life-saving efforts," the CHP said.

The woman’s name was not released.

The 24-year-old woman driving the Toyota was not injured in the crash.

The cause o

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