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San Jose Police Arrest Suspected Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run After Passenger Exits Moving Car

Investigators are still examining why the passenger left the moving vehicle.

Overview

  • Officers responded around 6:28 p.m. Saturday to the 4900 block of McCoy Avenue for a reported hit-and-run involving a pedestrian.
  • Police found a man with severe injuries lying in the eastbound lane, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Detectives say the victim had been a passenger in a 2018 black Chevrolet Volt and exited the car while it was moving eastbound.
  • A woman suspected of driving the Volt was located in Sunnyvale on Monday and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of felony hit-and-run.
  • The victim’s identity has not been released, and police ask anyone with information to contact the Traffic Investigations Unit or submit anonymous tips to Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers.