SAN JOSE — A man was killed Sunday night after being hit by a car in San Jose, and the driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to a police department news release.
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The victim was identified Monday morning as Hector Cruz, a 54-year-old San Jose resident.
Police received a call of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian around 10:49 p.m. near Lincoln Avenue and Lonus Street.
Police said their investigation found that a man was driving a 2014 white Acura SUV northbound in the rightmost lane of Lincoln Avenue just south of the Lonus Street intersection. The car then hit the victim, who was crossing the street from west to east.
Police noted that the victim was not in a crosswalk when he was hit, but state law allows street crossings wherever it is deemed safe, regardless of the presence of a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
Cruz was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he was pronounced dead.
Police stopped the driver before he left the scene. The driver was taken into custody and booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence and gross vehicular manslaughter.
This is San Jose’s second fatal collision, traffic death and pedestrian death of the year.