SAN JOSE — A 73-year-old man has been identified as a pedestrian who died in a traffic collision in South San Jose late Friday afternoon, and police say a teen driver was involved in the fatal crash.
San Jose police officers were called to Almaden Expressway south of Camden Avenue around 5:05 p.m. Friday and found that a red 2009 Toyota sedan had hit a man walking in the street. The driver, described only as a male minor, stopped at the scene.
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The injured man was taken to a hospital, where he died, according to San Jose police. He has been identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office as Padmanbhan Krishnan, a San Jose resident.
There was no indication from police that the driver was cited or arrested.
Police did not release additional details about the circumstances of the collision other than to state that the victim was not in a marked crosswalk when the driver hit him. Starting this year, California law allows pedestrians to cross a roadway outside of a crosswalk provided they can do so safely. The state also considers most perpendicular intersections to be legal crosswalks, regardless of whether they are marked.
The incident marked San Jose’s 47th traffic death of the year, and the 26th to involve a pedestrian victim.
Anyone with information about Friday’s collision can contact the SJPD traffic investigations unit at 408-277-4654 or email Detective Tori Dellicarpini at [email protected].
