SAN JOSE \u2014 A 1-year-old child died Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Police were called to the 2100 block of Canoas Garden Avenue at 4:23 p.m., according to a news release from the San Jose Police Department.<\/p>\n
Investigators found that a gray 2021 Toyota minivan driven by an adult man had been driving north on the driveway of an apartment complex, authorities said. The minivan struck a 1-year-old who had been walking through the parking lot.<\/p>\n
The toddler was taken to a hospital in critical condition, where they were pronounced deceased, authorities added.<\/p>\n
The victim was identified as Olivier Carmelo Sgarlata, a 1-year-old resident of San Jose, according to the Santa Clara County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Police did not provide further details on how Sgarlata was hit.<\/p>\n
The minivan driver was cooperative with authorities and remained at the scene, police said. Investigators do not believe that drugs or alcohol played a role.<\/p>\n
The collision was the 16th traffic-related death, 16th fatal collision and seventh pedestrian death of the year.<\/p>\n
Anyone with further information on this incident is asked to contact Detective White #4638 at 4638@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-4654.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 A 1-year-old child died Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle, authorities said. Police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,861,7,8,16193,1531,138,181,23,100,88,90,89,198,200,2442,16217],"class_list":{"0":"post-280679","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-bay-area-crime","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-california-news","12":"tag-child-safety","13":"tag-crashes-and-disasters","14":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","15":"tag-latest-headlines","16":"tag-local-news","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-san-jose","19":"tag-san-jose-headlines","20":"tag-san-jose-news","21":"tag-santa-clara-county","22":"tag-south-bay","23":"tag-south-bay-crime","24":"tag-traffic-fatalities"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280679","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=280679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}