A San Jose driver was arrested after fatally striking a woman as she crossed a street Thursday night and fleeing the scene, police said.
San Jose police officers responded to reports of a hit-and-run at about 8:52 p.m. at Rigoletto Drive and South King Road, according to the department.
Investigators said the driver of a 2018 Toyota Tundra was traveling westbound on Rigoletto Drive and turning left onto South King Road when the driver struck a woman as she was walking within a marked crosswalk.
The woman was taken to a hospital but later died, police said. The Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office has not yet released her identity.
The driver fled before officers arrived. Police said investigators used automated license plate reader cameras to find the truck and arrest the driver in San Jose.
The driver, who police did not identify, was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run offenses, authorities said.
The crash marks San Jose’s 34th traffic-related death and the 17th pedestrian killed this year.
Anyone with information is asked to call the San Jose Police Department at 408-277-4654.
Subscribe
There’s more to San Francisco with the Chronicle. Subscribe today for just 25¢.
This article originally published at San Jose driver arrested after fatal hit-and-run of pedestrian, police say.