A Santa Cruz man was driving drunk when he crashed his pickup truck Saturday night on the San Juan Ridge, according to a report by the California Highway Patrol. Benedeck Giattino, 27, was driving westbound on Tyler Foote Crossing Road, west of Oak Tree Road, at about 10:40 p.m. at a high rate of speed, according to the CHP report. As he tried to negotiate a sweeping left curve, he went off the right edge of the road, lost control and swerved to the left across the road. The pickup then overturned multiple times and landed on its roof. Giattino …
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