1 dead in San Jose pedestrian accident near Coyote Creek
Police in San Jose are investigating an accident early Wednesday morning that left a female pedestrian dead in the Stonegate West neighborhood, according to authorities.
Police said in a post on X that the call regarding the collision came in shortly after 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in the area of Sherlock Dr. and Kimball Dr. not far from Coyote Creek.
Authorities later confirmed that a 2004 black GMC SUV being driven by an adult male was traveling north bound on Sherlock Dr. when the vehicle struck an adult female pedestrian who was crossing east bound at the intersection of Kimball Dr.
The pedestrian was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. The driver remained on scene and cooperated with police.
Officers remained at the scene for the investigation several hours later. Sherlock Dr. was closed from Malott Dr. to Gassmann Dr. while authorities investigate the incident. Residents were asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes as traffic will be impacted for a significant amount of time.
The identity of the victim will be released by the Santa Clara County Coroner's Office.
This was the 3rd fatal collision and 3rd traffic death of 2025. This was also the 3rd pedestrian death of 2025.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Detective Bowen #4461 of the San José Police Department's Traffic Investigations Unit at 4461@sanjoseca.gov.