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Man steals bike and crashes it near Union Avenue near the Highway 85 onramp in San Jose, California

Modified Date: 
Tue, 09/01/2015 - 1:34pm
Accident Date: 
Friday, August 14, 2015

San Jose: Police seek rider of stolen motorcycle who ditched injured passenger after crashing

 A man crashed a stolen motorcycle in South San Jose and ran off while his injured passenger lay pinned under a car Thursday night, police said. The suspect was riding with a woman in the back of the motorcycle around 8 p.m. when they crashed into a vehicle on Union Avenue near the Highway 85 onramp, according to San Jose police.The woman was thrown from the bike and had to extracted by firefighters after she ended up under the vehicle. 
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Type: Motorcycle Accident
Topics: 
Ejected from Vehicle, Trapped Under/Inside Vehicle, Stolen Vehicle, Hit and Run
Roadway: 
Union Avenue near the Highway 85 onramp
City: 
San Jose, CA
County: 
Santa Clara County, CA
Area: 
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

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Submitted by Ingrid on Wed, 09/02/2015 - 2:37pm
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