SAN JOSE — A pedestrian severely injured in a hit-and-run collision earlier this month died from his accidents Friday and the motive force remains to be being sought, in line with San Jose police.
Police mentioned they responded to a site visitors collision at about 8:30 p.m. Jan. 7 involving a driver and a pedestrian within the space of Senter Highway and Capitol Expressway.
An individual driving a presumably blue or inexperienced cab truck was touring north on Senter Highway within the left lane, north of Capitol Expressway, and hit a person strolling throughout Senter Highway in between crosswalks.
The driving force left the scene after the crash and hasn’t been recognized or discovered, police mentioned.
The injured man was taken to a neighborhood hospital and died on Friday, police mentioned. His title has not been publicly launched by the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Workplace pending his formal identification and notification of his subsequent of kin.
The loss of life marked the fifth site visitors loss of life of the 12 months and the third involving a pedestrian who died, police mentioned. It additionally continues a lethal starting of 2022 on roadways in San Jose, which final 12 months recorded 60 site visitors deaths, matching a 20-year peak additionally reached in 2019 and 2015. Town is at the moment forward of that tempo.
Final 12 months, police investigated 23 pedestrian deaths in San Jose. The Jan. 7 collision additionally marked the town’s third deadly hit-and-run collision of the younger 12 months. In 2021, police investigated 14 hit-and-run deaths, in line with knowledge compiled by this information group. A minimum of 5 circumstances led to arrests.
There have been no arrests introduced within the three lethal hit-and-run circumstances of 2022.
Anybody with details about the Jan. 7 crash can contact Detective Ketih Aldinger of the SJPD Visitors Investigations Unit at 408-277-4654.