Crime & Safety

Woman Killed In South Bay Highway Crash Identified

The crash was reported around 3:10 a.m. Sunday on southbound Highway 101 south of Fair Oaks Avenue.

SUNNYVALE, CA — A woman killed in a crash on southbound U.S. Highway 101 in Sunnyvale early Sunday morning has been identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office as 19-year-old San Jose resident Briana Jones.

Jones died in the crash reported around 3:10 a.m. Sunday on southbound Highway 101 south of Fair Oaks Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.

She was driving a 1998 Honda Civic that crashed into the center median and got a flat rear tire. The vehicle was then struck by a 2020 Honda Civic and 2018 Subaru WRX, and Jones was pronounced dead at the scene, CHP officials said.

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The drivers of the other two vehicles were taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center with complaints of pain, and investigators found no signs of impairment related to the crash.


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