BREAKING UPDATE: The boy has died of his injuries, San Jose police report.
A boy was struck by a car Friday morning near Castlemont Elementary School in San Jose, police said. James Torrez reportsA third-grade boy has died after being struck by a car Friday morning near Castlemont Elementary School inThe boy, who attends the school but whose age was not released, was hit just after 8 a.m. on Castlemont Avenue near the school.
Police said it appears the boy was walking with a woman and crossing the street in a marked crosswalk when the driver hit them. The woman was also taken to the hospital with what police said were moderate injuries. She was expected to survive.The school is part of the Campbell Unified School District, where Supt. Shelly Viramontez called the news "tragic."
"Our school community is heart-broken by this development, as every single one of our students we care for and love like our own," she wrote in a statement. "As a parent, and as your superintendent, I ask you to please hold the family in your thoughts, as they will need our entire community to hold them in our arms."The street is a small one lined with apartment buildings.
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