San Jose: Fatal collision victim identified as city resident

SAN JOSE — The Santa Clara County coroner’s division has identified a resident who died last month after he fell from a speeding pickup truck and was run over last fall.

Around 11:30 a.m. Nov. 5, Officers responded to a parking lot in the 2500 block of Tully Road for a possible domestic-disturbance report involving a man and woman.

Officers arrived and found a man lying in the roadway who had been run over at least once by a truck. Investigators learned a red Dodge Dakota drove off the lot at high speed with the woman driving and the man hanging out the passenger door. The woman left the scene but returned later and was taken into custody.

The man was taken to an area hospital for treatment before his transfer later to a Sacramento hospital, where he died Feb. 20.The man, who was the city’s 12th fatal collision of 2019, was identified Sundy as Jose Caetano, 58, of San Jose.

Anyone with information about the collision may call San Jose police Det. Troy Sirmons at 408-277-4654.

Staff writer Maggie Angst and Jason Green contributed to this report. Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.