Motorcyclist Killed In South Bay Crash

SAN JOSÉ, CA — A motorcyclist was killed Thursday afternoon in a crash involving an SUV, San José police said.

Officers at around 4:11 p.m. responded to the area of Cottle Road and Coronado Avenue to investigate a traffic collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle, police said.

Officers determined that a 2022 Kawasaki motorcycle operated by an adult male was traveling northbound on Cottle Road when it struck a 2006 Honda SUV that was turning left from southbound Cottle Road onto eastbound Coronado Avenue on a solid green turn signal, police said.

The motorcyclist was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the Honda remained on scene and was cooperative, according to police.

This is San José’s 57th fatal collision and the 59th traffic death of 2022.

Anyone with information on this investigation is asked to contact Detective Dellicarpini #4103 of the San José Police Department's Traffic Investigations Unit at 4103@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-4654.

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