Overview
- Santa Clara officers observed a gold Buick driving recklessly and attempted a traffic stop; the driver refused and led a chase onto Highway 880 into San Jose.
- At the intersection of Naglee and Park avenues the fleeing Buick ran a red light, struck a 2016 Toyota sedan and then hit a traffic pole.
- A female passenger in the fleeing Buick was pronounced dead at the scene and the male driver sustained major injuries and was taken into custody while hospitalized.
- The two occupants of the Toyota were treated for injuries described by police as non-life-threatening, and officials say three people were hospitalized in total.
- Santa Clara Police made the initial arrest while the San Jose Police Department is handling the traffic investigation, the county medical examiner will release the deceased's identity, and investigators have asked anyone with information to contact Detective Tori DelliCarpini.