SAN JOSE \u2014 A man died after a garbage truck ran over him as he slept in an alley early Thursday, police said.<\/p>\n
The collision was reported around 4:05 a.m. at a strip mall in the 2800 block of Bascom Avenue, according to the San Jose Police Department.<\/p>\n
An initial investigation determined that the victim, described only as a man, was covered in blankets and lying in a driveway just off Shamrock Drive when the driver of a Peterbilt garbage truck hit him.<\/p>\n
The injured man was taken to a hospital where he died, police said. His name was not publicly released pending his formal identification and notification of his next of kin by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Police said the driver stopped at the scene, and there is no indication that he was arrested or cited.<\/p>\n
The collision is being investigated as the city\u2019s 29th roadway death of the year, and the 14th to involve a pedestrian who died. At the same point in 2024, the city had recorded 43 traffic deaths, including 16 pedestrians.<\/p>\n
Last year in San Jose, garbage truck drivers fatally injured two people. On Jan. 22, 2024, a man was hit while walking at McKendrie and Elm streets<\/a>, near the lacrosse and soccer fields for Bellarmine College Prep off West Hedding Street, and died a few days later. On Feb. 8, 2024, a woman was hit while walking at South White and Tully roads<\/a>, and died three months later.<\/p>\n