{"id":277508,"date":"2026-04-20T22:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277508\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T22:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:17:10","slug":"man-dies-following-four-vehicle-collision-on-san-jose-highway-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277508\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies following four-vehicle collision on San Jose highway \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 63-year-old man died Sunday following a four-vehicle collision on Highway 87 in San Jose, authorities said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Offices and an ambulance were dispatched to northbound Highway 87 south of Interstate 280 at 3:15 p.m., where responders found that the collision involved major injuries, according to a news release from the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>A 2003 Nissan Frontier had been traveling northbound when it collided with the back of a 2021 Toyota Siena, causing the Toyota to collide with two other vehicles, authorities said. The two vehicles hit by the Toyota suffered moderate damage.<\/p>\n<p>The drivers of both the Toyota and Nissan were taken to the hospital for their injuries; the Toyota driver later died, authorities said. The Nissan driver had minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The man who died was identified as a 63-year-old resident of San Jose. His name will be released by the Santa Clara County Coroner\u2019s Office after it is confirmed and his next of kin is notified.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said they do not believe that alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>The second and third lanes of Highway 87 were closed for two hours following the collision, authorities added.<\/p>\n<p>This incident remains under investigation. Anyone with further informaton is asked to contact the CHP San Jose Area office at 408-961-0900.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 63-year-old man died Sunday following a four-vehicle collision on Highway 87 in San Jose, authorities said Monday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,8,1531,138,16403,181,23,100,88,90,89,198,200,2442,16217],"class_list":{"0":"post-277508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-bay-area","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-crashes-and-disasters","12":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","13":"tag-highway-87","14":"tag-latest-headlines","15":"tag-local-news","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-san-jose","18":"tag-san-jose-headlines","19":"tag-san-jose-news","20":"tag-santa-clara-county","21":"tag-south-bay","22":"tag-south-bay-crime","23":"tag-traffic-fatalities"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}