Media Advisory
23-027-0106
On January 27, 2023, at approximately 4:20 AM, Officers responded to the area of Cottle Road and Blossom Hill Road to investigate a solo vehicle traffic collision. The preliminary investigation revealed the following:
A 2018 Hyundai Sedan, reported stolen to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department on January 26, 2023, occupied by a juvenile male driver and two passengers, was traveling northbound on Cottle Road at a high rate of speed when it left the roadway and collided with a light pole on the southeast corner of the on-ramp to Blossom Hill Road. The collision caused the vehicle to immediately burst into flames.
First responders arrived to the scene and provided emergency medical aid. The male driver suffered non-life threatening injuries. A female passenger was transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased. An additional male passenger was declared deceased at the scene.
The juvenile male driver was arrested and booked into Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall for driving a stolen vehicle and two counts of vehicular manslaughter.
This is the 1st fatal collision and the 1st and 2nd traffic fatalities of 2023.
The identity of the victims will be released by the Santa Clara County Coroner's Office after confirming their identities and notifying next of kin.
Anyone with information on this investigation is urged to contact Detective Templeman #3556 of the San José Police Department's Traffic Investigations Unit at 3556@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-4654.
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By: Officer Steve Aponte #4390
Authorized by: Sergeant Palmer #3848