SAN JOSE — One person was killed and two others were injured in a wrong-way collision over the weekend in South San Jose, police said.
The crash happened just before 6:30 a.m. Sunday in the area of East Capitol Expressway and Tuers Road, San Jose police Sgt. Tony Diep said in a news release.
Diep said an initial investigation revealed two women were traveling westbound in eastbound lanes of Capitol Expressway in a 2004 Honda Accord when they collided head-on with a 2010 Toyota Prius.
The driver of the Honda was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner will release her identity after it is confirmed and her relatives are notified.
The Honda passenger was hospitalized with with critical injuries and the Prius driver was in the hospital with major injuries, Diep said.
Diep said the driver of the Toyota showed no signs of impairment and cooperated with the investigation.
The collision marked the city’s 41st traffic death of the year investigated by the San Jose Police Department. There were 29 roadway deaths in the city at the same point in 2025.
Anyone with information related to the case can contact Detective Joshua White at 4638@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-4654.
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