SAN JOSE — A driver was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after police say he hit and killed a man in a wheelchair, then fled the scene over the weekend.
A driver was arrested after he reportedly hit and killed a man in a wheelchair near Lily Ann Way and Hayes Avenue in San Jose on Aug. 31, 2025. (Google)
The collision was reported at 2:34 a.m. Sunday near the Magic Sands mobile home community, according to the San Jose Police Department. An initial investigation determined that a man driving a silver 2017 Mercedes-Benz sedan was traveling north on Lily Ann Way approaching Hayes Avenue, when he hit a man in a wheelchair — who had been on the far curb of Hayes — then crashed into an iron fence.
The victim was taken to a hospital where he died, police said. His name was not publicly released pending his formal identification and notification of his next of kin by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office.
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When officers arrived, the driver had left the site, but police said he was found at a nearby home and arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit and run. Police did not identify the driver in a news release issued Wednesday.
Sunday’s collision marked the city’s 22nd traffic death of the year, and the 12th to involve a pedestrian who died. San Jose had recorded 35 traffic deaths, including 13 pedestrian victims, at the same point in 2024, according to data compiled by this news organization.
Anyone with information about the fatal crash can contact Detective Tori DelliCarpini with the SJPD Traffic Investigations Unit at 408-277-4654 or by email at [email protected]. Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867 or siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org.