SAN JOSE, CA : Man flees police dies after crashing into another police car on Wednesday, 31st January 2024

Fleeing from police, a man died after crashing his motorcycle into a separate police car in San Jose, authorities said.

Shortly before 6:40 p.m., an unmarked unit with San Jose police's Violent Crimes Enforcement Team (VECT) tried to conduct an enforcement stop on a motorcycle traveling down Adrian Way and Story Road, but the rider refused to stop and spread away eastbound on Story Road.

Around the same time, an unrelated SJPD patrol car was making a legal U-turn on a green light at the intersection of Jackson Avenue onto eastbound Story Road when the rider hit the police car broadside.

The motorcyclist, only described as an adult man, suffered life-threatening injuries. Officers performed life-saving measures and the rider was taken to a local hospital, but he did not survive.

The VECT officers did not initiate a pursuit when the rider was fleeing from them.

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