SAN JOSE – Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run last week in San Jose. The collision happened between 5:45 and 6:05 p.m. on Jan. 25 at South Bascom Avenue and Borello Drive, San Jose police spokesperson Stacie Shih said in a news release.

The crash marks the city’s first roadway death and first pedestrian death of the year. In 2025, San Jose police investigated 41 traffic deaths, including 19 instances involving pedestrian victims. Nine traffic deaths last year involved hit-and-run drivers, according to data compiled by this news organization.

Authorities in San Jose are investigating a pedestrian death after a person was fatally struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning near Story Road and King Road.

A late-morning errand run ended in tragedy Tuesday when a woman was hit and killed by a van in a San Jose shopping center parking lot, police said. Officers were called at about 11:17 AM to reports of a collision in the area of Lido Way and Thackeray Lane,

San Jose’s traffic fatalities declined once again in 2025, helping the city move closer toward its goal of eliminating all road deaths over the next 15 years.