A woman “engaging in self-harm” Saturday morning on Highway 101 in San Jose died after officers responded and transported her to a local hospital, police said.
Officials have not yet identified the victim.
A spokesperson for the San Jose Police Department said an officer arrived at Highway 101 at about 11:15 a.m. near Metcalf Road, at the edge of the city’s southeastern border. Multiple 911 callers had said the woman was harming herself. A police spokesperson did not immediately say how.
Police officers took the woman into custody and transported her to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, the police spokesperson wrote in an email.
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