SJ Woman Arrested For Fatal Felony Hit-and-run

SAN JOSE, CA -- A pedestrian was killed early Thursday morning in a hit-and-run collision in San Jose, police said.

Officers responded at 5:39 a.m. after someone called to report a body in the road near Nieman Boulevard and Laddie Way. Police arrived and discovered a woman there.

Police said the preliminary investigation suggests the woman was crossing east across Nieman Boulevard, north of Laddie Way, when a light-colored 2000 Toyota 4Runner traveling north on Nieman struck her.

Police said the driver, identified as 65-year-old San Jose resident Delilah Paray, stopped, got out of her Toyota and approached the woman who was still alive.

Police said then Paray got back in her Toyota and drove away without providing identification or calling for help.

Additional vehicles probably ran over the victim and the drivers of those vehicles may not have realized it, according to police. Paray was located parked on a nearby street, and she was arrested and taken to the county jail on suspicion of felony hit-and-run.

The death is the city's 13th fatal collision and 10th fatal vehicle versus pedestrian collision this year.

Anyone with information about the collision is asked to call Detective Matt Templeman of the Police Department's traffic investigation unit at (408) 277-4654. People wishing to stay anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (408) 947-7867. Persons providing information that leads to an arrest and conviction of a suspect may be eligible for a cash reward.

--Bay City News