A San Jose neighborhood was left shaken after a young boy riding a scooter died in a car crash.
Cường Nguyễn’s mother Lau lives just a few hundred feet from the intersection of Leigh and Camden.
He said she was sitting at home Tuesday when she heard a loud crash.
“And she come out and she look at the street but did not see anything. When she run down that way and she saw the boy lying down,” said Nguyen.
According to police, a truck driving through the intersection hit and killed an 11-year-old boy as the boy was attempting to cross the road on a scooter.
Police said the truck had a green light at the time of the crash. Nguyen said the driver pulled over in front of his mother’s house right after it happened.
“He parked by my mom’s house, and she opened the door. He opened the door and he ran back over there and when he saw the boy passed away he hold his head,” said Nguyen.
Police said the driver fully cooperated with officers, and at this time they believe the incident was an accident.