SAN JOSE — Police have released surveillance footage while seeking public help with identifying an SUV driver who hit and seriously injured a pedestrian near downtown last month.
The collision was reported around 6:50 p.m. Oct. 18 when the driver of a black SUV turned left from East Julian Street onto northbound North 11th Street and hit a woman walking in the crosswalk.
The driver fled the scene; the woman was taken to a hospital with major injuries, but she later reached stable condition, police said.
Police described the involved vehicle as a small black SUV resembling a Ford Escape made between 2013 and 2019.
Anyone with information about the collision can contact the SJPD traffic investigations unit at 408-277-4654 or email Detective Eliseo Malvido at 4206@sanjoseca.gov. Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867.
