San Jose: Male passenger killed in suspected DUI car crash is identified

SAN JOSE — A 24-year-old man riding in the passenger seat of a Pontiac Trans Am was killed Sunday night when the car crashed into a tree on Santa Teresa Boulevard, a collision police say involved alcohol and possibly street racing.

Monday the Santa Clara County coroner’s office identified the man as David Mandujano of San Jose

San Jose police responded to a report of a vehicle into a tree on Santa Teresa Boulevard at Lean Avenue at 9:55 p.m. Based on the preliminary investigation, police said a silver 2002 Pontiac Trans Am was traveling south on Santa Teresa Boulevard when the driver lost control and slid into a tree in the center median.

Mandujano was pronounced dead at the scene, marking the 15th traffic-related fatality in San Jose this year.

The driver, identified by police only as an adult male, was transported to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening. The driver had been drinking and will be booked into Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of felony DUI causing death/injury after he is released from the hospital, according to Sgt. Enrique Garcia.

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Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective John Tompkins of the San Jose Police Department’s Traffic Investigations Unit at 408-277-4654.

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