Officials in the South Bay are investigating an incident from Wednesday where a young girl was hit and killed by a vehicle being unloaded from a car carrier at a San Jose dealership, in California.
The incident took place at Kowloon Auto Sales on the 3600 block of Monterey Highway during the early Wednesday afternoon.
According to police, a car carrier was unloading vehicles at the dealership. The driver was trying to move a truck off the trailer when the juvenile female jumped onto the trailer directly in front of the truck.
Police said the truck rolled forward and crashed with the girl and critically injured her.
“Units are currently at the scene of a traffic fatality in the 3600 block of Monterey Rd. A car carrier was unloading vehicles when a large truck that was hauled struck a juvenile. The juvenile was transported to a local hospital and was pronounced deceased. Time of call 1:45pm,” San Jose Police wrote on Twitter.
The juvenile was taken to a local hospital and was pronounced dead at 1:45 p.m. The incident was San Jose’s 47th traffic crash of the year and the girl the 48th victim of a fatal crash in 2020.
Police said the incident is currently being investigated and that the driver is cooperating with officials. The identity of the girl has not been revealed to the public.
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I believe she wanted to comment suicide. I don’t think this was an accident. Why would someone jump in front of a moving truck?