Crime & Safety

Freak Accident Kills One in Santa Clara County

The victim was dead when fire crews reached the vehicle.

One person was killed in a car that fell 400 feet off a hill near a landfill in San Jose this morning, a fire captain said.

Fire crews responded to a report of a vehicle over the side of a hill on Guadalupe Mines Road, near Los Gatos, around 9:30 a.m., fire Capt. Mitch Matlow said. Crews reached the scene and learned a person inside the car died, Matlow said.

No further details were immediately available.

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