SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — One person was dead and two others injured in a crash Saturday night near San Jose’s Piedmont Hills High School.
San Jose police said officers responded to a call of a collision Saturday evening at Berryessa Road and Gurnee Court, one block west of Piedmont Road.
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One of the drivers involved in the collision was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the vehicle suffered moderate injuries while the driver of the other vehicle was being treated for minor injuries.
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The crash shut down the intersection of Berryessa and Piedmont roads. A police spokesperson said motorists were being advised to use alternate routes.
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The identity of the victim was not released pending notification of next of kin. The death was San Jose’s 11th traffic fatality of the year.
Source: sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com.