Man arrested on suspicion of fatal DUI hit-and-run in San Jose
Two pedestrians were struck during a hit-and-run around 2:46 a.m. near Almaden Avenue and Virginia Street, the San Jose Police Department said.
A man driving a blue Nissan Sentra was westbound on Virginia Street when he approached the intersection with Almaden Avenue, where he hit two pedestrians also traveling westbound on Virginia Street, on the edge of the lane of traffic, police said.
The strike drove one of the pedestrians — a man in a wheelchair — into a parked car on Virginia Street, police said. Responding officers had the man taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead, authorities said.
The other pedestrian, a woman, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The driver fled the scene after hitting the pedestrians but was later located by officers and arrested, police said.
The motorist was booked into Santa Clara County Jail in San Jose on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence and committing a hit-and-run collision, police said.
Police did not identify the driver or the pedestrians. The Santa Clara County coroner will release the pedestrian's identity after notifying his family.
The hit-and-run marked San Jose's 11th fatal crash and 11th traffic death in 2025, as well as its sixth pedestrian death.
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