Police seek driver after pedestrian killed in San Jose

San Jose police were seeking the driver of a hit-and-run who struck and killed a pedestrian on Sunday.

At around 11:15 p.m., officers were called to the area of Story Road and Kollmar Drive on a report of a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian. 

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Investigators said witnesses reported seeing a dark-colored mini-van, an unknown year, traveling eastbound on Story Road, when it struck a man who was standing in the roadway. 

The man was not in a crosswalk, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The driver fled the scene and has not been located or identified," investigators said in a press release on Monday.

The hit-and-run marked the city's 23rd fatality involving a pedestrian so far this year. 

Anyone with information in the case was urged to contact the San Jose Police Department Traffic Investigations Unit at 3527@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-4654.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted by using the P3TIPS mobile app, calling the tip line at (408) 947-STOP, or through the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Program here.


 

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