Pedestrian Luis Cardenas, 62, killed in hit-and-run crash on King Road in San Jose, California
San Jose: Coroner identifies pedestrian killed in hit-run, driver killed in solo accident
Luis Cardenas, 62, of San Jose, was hit by a vehicle on King Road, just south of Story Road, sometime early Saturday morning, according to San Jose police. It was the city's 29th traffic fatality of the year, 13 of them involving pedestrians.
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