A 27-year-old woman has been identified as the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman and dog and injured a child in San Jose, police said.
Silvia Solorio, a Santa Clara resident, faces charges of felony vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run, according to police. Solorio is being held at Santa Clara County Main Jail.
The incident happened just before 7 p.m. Sunday in the area of Blossom Hill Road and Leigh Avenue. The woman, a child and a dog were walking in a marked crosswalk when a 2000 green or blue Honda four-door sedan struck them, police said.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. She was identified as 45-year-old Limin Cao, who was a resident of Los Gatos. The child hurt in the crash was taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, police said. The dog also died.
Cao is being remembered as a hardworking mother of two, and a caring neighbor who recently helped others after recent storm damage.
A woman who performed CPR on Cao told NBC Bay Area she was able to tell the victim before she passed that her 11-year-old daughter who was wearing a bike helmet, when they were hit, was okay.
Neighbors told NBC Bay Area high-speed driving is a chronic problem on that intersection.
“It’s horrible, we walk here all the time with our dogs and I know just three weeks ago there was a major accident down the street here. People speed up and down all the time,” said David Meacham of San Jose.
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It's San Jose's fifth fatal collision and sixth traffic death of 2023. It's also the fourth pedestrian death of the year.
Initial reports Sunday indicated the person killed was a bicyclist, but police clarified the incident involved pedestrians only.
Anyone with information on this investigation is urged to contact Detective Bowen #4461 of the San José Police Department's Traffic Investigations Unit at 4461@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-4654. Submit crime tips and remain anonymous by using the P3TIPS mobile app, calling the tip line at 408-947-STOP, or on www.svcrimestoppers.org.
