Girl fatally strikes pedestrian with car in San Jose

Police: fatal crashes in San Jose, nearly double compared to last year

Police say fatal crashes in San Jose are nearly double compared to last year.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - San Jose has recorded another fatal crash involving a pedestrian this week. The latest incident occurred Friday. Officials say the driver of the car involved is a juvenile.

Crash details

What we know:

The collision occurred around 9:16 a.m. in the 1400 block of Mabury Road, where a white Infiniti sedan, being driven by a girl, struck a pedestrian.

Police said the driver of the car remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation, which is still underway.

Girl fatally strikes pedestrian with car in San Jose

A juvenile girl fatally struck an adult male pedestrian on Friday in San Jose. Police said the man was not in a marked crosswalk. The driver is cooperating with the investigation.

Victim

The man who was struck died at the scene. The San Jose Police Department said the man was not in a marked crosswalk. Police said he tried to run across Mabury near the Berryessa BART station.

The identity of the victim will be released by the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner, officials said.

San Jose police give update on deadly pedestrian crash

A pedestrian was killed Friday morning after being struck by a vehicle on Mabury Road in San Jose.

Witness

Fred Dadak lives down the street from where the crash happened.

"I saw his body was covered on the floor. It was covered," Dadak said. "An accident, you know, is one second. One second."

Dadak is concerned not only for himself but for anyone in the neighborhood.

"I hope it will happen to nobody…nobody," he said.

He is recovering from a hip surgery and is taking it slow. He says drivers should too. "I hope the drivers respect the people who are crossing."

Road closures

Why you should care:

Officers closed Mabury Road from Taylor Street to Berryessa Station Way while they investigated.

Recent fatal crash

The fatal collision comes three days after a taxi driver struck and killed an 18-month-old boy in the 2100 block of Canoas Garden Avenue.

On Thursday night, there was another crash involving two adult pedestrians near Carlton Avenue and Winton Way, but those victims are expected to recover after being taken to the hospital. Officials said the driver in that crash was also taken to the hospital for minor injuries. The driver was taken into police custody. The cause of the crash is being investigated.

Yearly totals

Friday’s crash marked San Jose’s eighth pedestrian death of 2026 and 17th traffic fatality of the year. At this time last year, San Jose had recorded nine traffic deaths, five involving pedestrians.

Stacie Shih, a public information officer with SJPD said San Jose is seeing a troubling increase in San Jose this year. "Especially in the recent weeks," Shih said. She said at least three of the fatalities this year were caused by impaired drivers.

"This is something that the San Jose Police Department has been taking seriously," Shih said.

Casandra Solis works at her family's ice cream shop in the area. Cars speed past her. "You can hear it. Especially on that side. I have seen several car accidents in this intersection. I am not sure why. I am very careful and I always look around," she said.

While police haven't been able to pinpoint the reason for the increase in crashes, they are saying officers have been increasing enforcement on the roads and going to schools, educating students about drunk driving.

The Source: The San Jose Police Department, an interview with a witness of the aftermath and with an area resident.

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