New Disturbing Twist In Milpitas Hit-and-Run Involving Garbage Truck

A female who died following a mysterious hit-and-run accident Wednesday in Milpitas has been identified as 14-year-old Cynthia Ramirez Becerra, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office.

Cynthia, a San Jose resident, died due to multiple blunt force injuries from a motor vehicle accident, a medical examiner’s office employee said.

Milpitas police continue to follow leads on what happened during and after the crash, including why the teenaged girl, who was too young to hold a driver’s license, was the person found lying the suspect car, a silver two-door 1997 Cadillac.

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“We’re still looking everything, the timeline, was she a passenger, was she the driver,” police Sgt. Bryan Hinkley said.

“We don’t have any of that information yet.” “It’s still a mystery to us as well,” Hinkley said.

According to police, at 3:36 a.m. Wednesday, the Cadillac was moving at the intersection of North Milpitas Boulevard and Jacklin Road when it crashed into a garbage truck.

The driver of the Cadillac drove away from the scene, but police officers followed a trail of debris for about a quarter of a mile and located the car stopped at a curb in the 800 block of Coyote Street, police said. On the ground beside the Cadillac they found the girl lying down with visible severe injuries.

Personnel from the Milpitas Fire Department reached her side but pronounced the child at the scene.

Neither of the two people in the garbage truck was injured in the crash, both remained behind and cooperated with police and there was no evidence of drug or alcohol use by the truck’s driver, Hinkley said.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or who has information on it is being asked to call Milpitas police (408) 586-2400. Anonymous tips can also be made by calling (408) 586-2500.

--BAy City News

--Image via Shutterstock

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