SAN JOSE (KGO) --
There was yet another hit-and-run accident in San Jose today.
Tragically, a woman was killed early this morning at the same time a
number of children were in the area walking to school or waiting for
buses.Neighbors say they're not surprised something like this happened here.
There was a gruesome and tragic display on Huran Drive and Clarice Drive just off of Tully Road in East San Jose. A woman, likely between 30 and 40-years-old was dead in the road. Police say she was killed when a male driver in a maroon sedan hit her and sped off. His car was abandoned in a residential neighborhood, several blocks away. No arrest has been made.
"This is a park, there's a school nearby. There were kids waiting for buses, those kinds of things. It's quite a tragedy and very dangerous -- very dangerous," said San Jose Police Lt. Mike King.
Parents walking their kids to nearby Katherine Smith Elementary School tried to avoid the scene.
"Today they wanted to walk front side and I said 'nooooo, we shouldn't go there.' We walked that way so they didn't have to see any of that," said parent Angelique Rosales.
This is San Jose's 31st traffic fatality of the year and the 14th involving a pedestrian. For Angelique Rosales and her family, the numbers are not surprising.
"There's been a few times I've walked my son across the street and almost been hit a few times, just by impatience. So I'm really concerned about that," said Rosales.
A man was killed in a hit-and-run this past Saturday on King Road in San Jose. No arrests have been announced by San Jose police.