Crime & Safety
2 Bay Area Residents Die In Multi-Vehicle Crash: Police
A 27-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were killed when they were hit by a car for a second time on the highway, police said.
SANTA CLARA, CA — A 27-year-old San Jose woman and a 44-year-old Menlo Park man died early Sunday morning in a crash involving three cars on Highway 101 in Santa Clara, according to California Highway Patrol.
CHP officers said they received a call about a crash that had occurred around 1 a.m. northbound on Highway 101, just north of Great American Parkway.
CHP said that a preliminary investigation found that the driver and passenger of a 2023 Hyundai Elantra were traveling north on the highway when they were hit by an unknown vehicle, causing the Hyundai to hit the mediator and overturn.
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Police said the unknown vehicle drove away from the scene.
Officers said the two occupants of the overturned car got out of the vehicle, but a 2016 Hyundai Accent crashed into the overturned car and its occupants, killing them both.
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Police said the driver of the Hyundai Accent remained at the scene and cooperated with officers.
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