SUNNYVALE — A man died Monday night after crashing his car on Highway 101 and running across several lanes of traffic before being hit by two oncoming vehicles, California Highway Patrol said. The male pedestrian died at the scene, said CHP Officer Alicia Moreno. The incident occurred around 10:24 p.m. on Highway 101 just south … Read more
SAN JOSE – The family of an 18-year-old Morgan Hill woman is reeling after she was hit and killed by a suspected drunken driver over the weekend in South San Jose. A relative identified the woman as Emily Hamilton. The fatal collision happened around 11:40 p.m. Saturday in southbound lanes of Highway 101, south of … Read more
SANTA CRUZ — UC Santa Cruz police have determined the cause of an accident claiming the life of a campus bus driver after he crashed into historic lime kilns late last year came down to user error. Dan Stevenson, who began working for the university in 2021 after 22 years as a Santa Cruz Metropolitan … Read more
SAN JOSE — A woman died Thursday nearly five months after she was hit by a garbage truck in East San Jose, according to authorities. The collision happened around 9:40 a.m. on Feb. 8 at the intersection of South White and Tully roads, San Jose police Sgt. Jorge Garibay said in a news release Friday. … Read more
A San Mateo County woman was convicted by a jury Wednesday of second degree murder and felony drunk driving resulting in death for a 2022 crash on Highway 1, authorities said. Samantha Mei Hartwell, a 33-year-old resident of Half Moon Bay, killed a bicyclist and injured a driver and passenger of another car while driving … Read more
SAN JOSE — A driver was killed in a wrong-way collision Friday on Highway 101 in San Jose, according to the California Highway Patrol. The two-vehicle crash happened around 11:15 a.m. north of Blossom Hill Road, the CHP said in a news release. The driver of a Honda sedan entered the southbound lanes of Highway … Read more
Murder charges have been filed after a car crash that killed a couple last weekend in Fresno County. The surviving driver — David Alvarado, 54, of Madera — was allegedly drunk when he rear-ended a car that was stopped at a red light on Saturday, May 18, the California Highway Patrol said. Mary Hardin, 65, … Read more
By Peter Valdes-Dapena | CNN Federal regulators are investigating a Pleasanton crash that killed a family of four, who rode in a VinFast electric SUV, which had automated steering features the owner had earlier complained about. The VinFast VF8, made by the Vietnamese automaker founded in 2017, veered off the road and crashed into a pole … Read more
More than a year after an 11-year-old girl was struck and killed in Fairfield while using a school crosswalk, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office is now pursuing charges against the woman believed to have hit her while driving under the influence. Fairfield police on Friday that following the department’s investigation, an arrest warrant was … Read more
One of my dearest friends, Julia Elkin, was struck and killed by a car last month. Julia was exceptional. She was the kind of person you wish the world was full of — a generous, hilarious, creative soul whose life’s work in climate adaptation centered around improving our lives. Julia’s death has devastated everyone who knew her, … Read more