Pedestrian dies from injuries in Oct. 30 collision with car

SAN JOSE >> An 81-year-old man died from the injuries he suffered at the end of last month after a driver hit him while he was trying to cross the street, according to San Jose police.

The collision was reported Oct. 30 at 7:49 p.m. on McLaughlin Avenue north of Tully Road, police said. An investigation determined that a man was walking across McLaughlin between crosswalks when the driver of a 2007 Honda sedan hit him.

The man was taken to a local hospital, and he died Friday, police said. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office identified him as San Jose resident Surjit Ghumman.

Police said the Honda driver stopped at the scene and that there is no indication that he was driving impaired, or that he was cited or arrested.

The death marked the city’s 54th traffic death of the year and the 20th involving a pedestrian who died, according to data compiled by this news organization. San Jose had recorded 42 traffic fatalities at the same point in 2020.

Anyone with information about the Oct. 30 collision can contact Detective Eliseo Malvido at 408277-4654.

The coroner’s office also has released the names of three other people who died in car crashes in San Jose and South Santa Clara County over the weekend. Vanessa Arellano, 26, of Castroville was identified as the driver killed early Sunday on southbound Highway 101 south of San Martin when, according to the California Highway Patrol, her car was rearended by an alleged DUI driver.

The office also identified 86-year-old Morgan Hill residents Vincent Burgos Sr. and Rosaline Burgos as the driver and passenger who died Friday morning on Bailey Avenue on the southern edge of San Jose after police say their pickup truck drifted into oncoming traffic and hit a car.