Teen Paralyzed in Car Accident Sues Santa Cruz County Over Dangerous Road
A Scotts Valley teen has filed a lawsuit against the county of Santa Cruz following a serious head-on collision accident that left her paralyzed last spring. Alexandria Pomianowski, 19, of Scotts Valley, suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury on April 7 in Santa Cruz County. Pomianowski was driving her 1999 convertible Ford Mustang out of Felton on Mount Hermon Road when she lost control of her car and was struck head-on by a utility truck. She broke three vertebrae in her neck in the crash and is paralyzed from the chin down.
Pomianowski graduated from San Lorenzo Valley High in 2007 and was working at a preschool in Scotts Valley. The lawsuit, which alleges Mount Herman Road is not safe, seeks yet-to-be determined damages for medical expenses (which in seven months have already exceeded $1 million), attendant care, and future loss of earnings. Pomianowski lives at home and requires around-the-clock care. Defendants named in the suit include Santa Cruz County, which maintains Mount Herman Road, as well as the driver of the county vehicle that that struck Pomianowski, and Ford Motor Company.
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