SAN JOSE — A 20-year-old San Jose man was killed early Wednesday morning when he lost control of a silver Hyundai, crashed through a guardrail on W. San Carlos Street and plunged down an embankment near Bird Avenue, the city’s 16th traffic-related fatality of 2018, according to police.

The driver was traveling west on W. San Carlos just west of Bird when he lost control while on an overpass to Los Gatos Creek, according to San Jose police. The car slid into the eastbound lanes, hit the curb and flipped down the embankment.

The car ignited and became engulfed in flames. San Jose firefighters got the driver out of the car and rushed him to a hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office identified him as Jacob Ayala.

Two juvenile passengers inside the car were also taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to San Jose police.

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16-year-old East Bay pedestrian airlifted to hospital after being hit by a car The crash, which was reported at 1:18 a.m., involved a stolen Hyundai, according to San Jose police.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Detective Troy Sirmons of the San Jose Police Department’s Traffic Investigations Unit at 408-277-4654.

Staff writer Jason Green contributed to this report.