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18-Month-Old Killed by Minivan Operating as Taxi in San José Parking Area

Detectives are working to determine how the fatal parking-lot collision occurred.

Overview

  • The crash, reported Tuesday around 4:23 p.m., happened in the parking area of a condo complex in the Canoas Garden neighborhood of San José.
  • Police say a 2021 gray Toyota minivan driven by an adult man struck the child as it traveled through the driveway.
  • The boy was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  • According to SJPD, the driver stayed at the scene, cooperated with officers, and alcohol or drugs are not suspected.
  • SJPD counted the case as the city's 16th traffic death of 2026, including the seventh pedestrian fatality.