Pedestrian Killed In South Bay Crash

SAN JOSÉ, CA — A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle Monday morning, San José police said.

The California Highway Patrol at around 7 a.m. initially responded to the area of Jackson Avenue and the Highway 680 on-ramp on the report a traffic collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.

The case was turned over to San José police at approximately 8:30 a.m., when it was determined the accident occurred in the agency’s jurisdiction.

Investigators determined than a 2011 Toyota sedan driven by an adult female driver, was traveling northbound on Jackson Avenue, making a left turn onto the Highway 680 southbound on-ramp when the vehicle struck an adult male pedestrian walking southbound in the crosswalk of the on-ramp.

The pedestrian sustained major injuries and was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Detectives from the SJPD Traffic Investigations Unit (TIU) will conduct a follow-up investigation.

This is San José’s second fatal collision and third traffic death of 2023. It is the South Bay city’s first pedestrian fatality of this year.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Detective Aldinger #4183 of the San José Police Department's Traffic Investigations Unit at 4183@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-4654.