SAN JOSE — A person who died on Highway 101 early Saturday was reportedly lying on the roadway before being hit by a driver who is still being sought, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Officers were alerted at about 6:15 a.m. that morning to a report of a pedestrian lying in a northbound lane approaching the Alum Rock Avenue off-ramp, the CHP said Monday.
A few minutes later, a separate 911 caller reported that they ran over what they thought was an animal near the same site. Responding officers found a severely injured person, and emergency personnel pronounced the person dead at the scene.
The person’s name has not been released by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office pending formal identification and notification of next of kin.
The CHP said investigators are treating the collision as a hit and run, and had no details about the motorist who first hit the person.
Anyone with information about the collision can contact the CHP San Jose area field office at 408-655-2620.
