Crime & Safety
Coroner IDs Man Killed In Suspected DUI on I-280
The victim's vehicle allegedly was struck by a speeding driver and burst into flames, officials said. (Breaking)
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA – A San Ramon man who was killed in a suspected DUI collision early Sunday morning in San Jose has been identified by the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office as 22-year-old Matthew Tang.
The three-car collision was reported at 2:35 a.m. on southbound Interstate Highway 280 at McLaughlin Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Ryan Fifield.
Witnesses told CHP officers that the driver of a gray Lexus IS had lost control of the car while speeding. The Lexus allegedly hit Tang's gray Honda Accord, which crashed into a guardrail and caught fire, Fifield said.
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The Lexus, allegedly driven by 21-year-old Jerry Tran of San Jose, kept moving and hit a silver Toyota Camry, overturning it without injuring the driver.
Tran was treated for minor injuries and then booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter, Fifield said. He is being held on $210,000 bail.
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Tran was also charged last year with child endangerment and inflicting corporal injury upon a child, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. He was scheduled to appear in court for that case this afternoon and will return on Thursday.
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