SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- Just two months into the new year, there have been 16 fatal collisions in San Jose -- resulting in 17 people who have died.
The latest victim, a woman, who, police say, was not allowed on a city bus because she wasn’t wearing a mask.
The bus pulled away, the victim unexpectedly tripped and was run over by the bus.
“In this case, it seems it was a fluke accident that caused this death,” said Officer Steve Aponte of the San Jose Police Department.
Aponte says nearly half of all the victims this year have been pedestrians.
"Nine out of 10 of these incidents are completely preventable because someone wasn’t following the rules of the road," Aponte said. "Not victim blaming, not blaming the other. But someone followed the rules of the road and someone did not”
Aponte says the police department is doing their part to improve safety with enforcement.
“Our traffic enforcement team goes out every day and writes citations, it’s not to penalize bicyclists or motorists or pedestrians, but it is to change behaviors," he said.
We all have a shared responsibility -- no matter if you are walking, on two wheels, on four wheels -- to look out for each other on the roadway, says Aponte.
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