2 dead, 5 injured after crash on Highway 101 in San Jose

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Sunday, December 1, 2019
2 dead, 5 injured after crash on Highway 101 in San Jose
Two people are dead and five others are injured after a crash on Highway 101 in San Jose.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Two people are dead and five others are injured after a crash on Highway 101 in San Jose.

It happened just after 4 a.m. on the northbound lanes.

The CHP says the suspect car was speeding when it rear-ended a Nissan. The driver of the Nissan lost control and hit a guard rail.

That driver and one of the passengers died. A second passenger was taken to the hospital.

Three passengers in the suspect car were also hurt.

The CHP says the driver of that car was 21-year-old Esteban Aguilar Jimenez of San Jose.

He was taken to the hospital and faces charges including felony DUI.