The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office on Monday, September 7th, identified a male pedestrian killed in an auto-pedestrian collision in East San Jose, California. Donald Fisher, a 56-year-old city resident, was lying on the roadway when an ambulance struck him.
The accident report showed that the occurrence took place early Saturday morning, September 5th. The San Jose Police Department said that the ambulance traveled east on McKee Road toward Regional Medical Center.
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The emergency vehicle was not transporting a patient and did not have its lights or sirens activated when it struck Fisher, who lay on the roadway near El Rancho Verde Drive. The ambulance crew tried to revive the man, and another vehicle came and conveyed him to the hospital.
Medical personnel pronounced the victim dead at the hospital. The police said that Fisher’s death marked the 29th traffic fatality of the year and the city’s 13th pedestrian death. The reason the man laid on the roadway remains unknown, and anyone with helpful information should contact the SJPD on the listed line.
Auto-pedestrian collisions are one of the leading causes of death in California. The state’s Office of Traffic Safety believes that the problem is getting worse, and admonishes pedestrians and drivers to promote safe road habits for their safety and others.
Pedestrians must avoid dangerous road behaviors like jaywalking and desist from lying on the roadway. Drivers must drive with care and caution on residential streets, yield to pedestrians, and stop at crosswalks.
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