SAN JOSE \u2014 A man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence and hit-and-run after a collision early Sunday in San Jose, police said.<\/p>\n
The crash was reported just after 2:15 a.m. at the intersection of Bernal Road and Via Del Oro, San Jose police spokesperson Stacie Shih said in a news release.<\/p>\n
An initial investigation revealed a man was driving a black 2017 Chevrolet pickup truck eastbound on Bernal Road when he hit a pedestrian at the intersection, Shih said.<\/p>\n
The pedestrian, a man, died of his injuries at the scene, Shih said. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner\u2019s Office will release his identity after it is confirmed and his next of kin is notified.<\/p>\n
Officers found and arrested the driver in San Jose, Shih said. He was booked into county jail.<\/p>\n
The crash marked the city\u2019s 12th pedestrian death and 26th overall traffic fatality of 2026. At this point last year, police had investigated 20 traffic fatalities on city streets.<\/p>\n
The collision remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information related to the case can contact Detective Marianne Banzon at 408-277-4654 or 4661@sanjoseca.gov<\/a>. Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-STOP (7867) or at siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 A man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence and hit-and-run…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[237,184,7,723,287,11077,161,100,984,88,90,89,198,200,1967,7349],"class_list":["post-423183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-arrest","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-crime","tag-driver","tag-dui","tag-hit-and-run","tag-news","tag-pedestrian","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay","tag-transportation","tag-vehicular-manslaughter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423183","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=423183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}