SAN JOSE — An infant girl born by emergency C-section after her pregnant mother was in a car crash last week has died, authorities said.
The collision was reported at 8:44 p.m. May 15 on South White Road, about three blocks south of Story Road, according to a San Jose Police Department news release.
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Police said an initial investigation determined that the pregnant woman was driving a white 2018 Ford sedan north on South White Road when she tried to turn left onto Farringdon Drive, and hit an oncoming black 2016 Jeep SUV.
She was taken to a hospital where her baby was delivered and listed in critical condition, police said. The infant died Sunday; the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office concluded that she died from multiple injuries suffered in the crash, and her “very preterm” development stage.
The collision marked San Jose’s 18th traffic death of the year.
Anyone with information for traffic investigators can contact SJPD Detective Keith Aldinger at 408-277-4654 or by email at 4183@sanjoseca.gov.