One-Year-Old Struck And Killed By Minivan In Santa Clara County

SAN JOSE, CA — A one-year-old boy was fatally struck by a car in San Jose Tuesday afternoon, according to the San Jose Police Department.

On Tuesday just before 4:23 p.m., a gray Toyota minivan was traveling northbound in the driveway of an apartment complex when it struck a one-year-old child walking in the parking area, according to a police report. The pedestrian, identified by the Santa Clara Medical Examiner Coroner as one-year-old Olivier Carmelo Sgarlata of San Jose, was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the vehicle remained on scene and cooperated with the investigation, police said. Alcohol and drugs are not believed to be a factor.

This marks San Jose’s seventh pedestrian death and 16th fatal collision of the year, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective White of the San Jose Police Department’s Traffic Investigations Unit at 4638@sanjoseca.gov, or at 408-277-4654.