An accident near U.S. 101 and San Martin Avenue might have resulted in a death, according to California Highway Patrol.
Patrolmen called in a coroner to the scene of an accident, which occurred near the southbound off-ramp at 11:57 a.m. today, according to the CHP. Patrolmen closed off the area at 12:40 p.m. while investigating the accident. While the off-ramp was originally expected to reopen at 2:40 p.m., CHP said at 3:30 p.m. that the off-ramp would not reopen until at least 5 p.m. Traffic on southbound U.S. 101 was backed up to south Morgan Hill and there was slowing all the way to Coyote Creek Golf Club, according to Google's real-time traffic map.
The homicide division of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office was also at the scene, according to a source. The coroner, which left after his or her original visit about 12 p.m., was called back to the scene about 3:10 p.m.
Multiple calls to CHP were not returned and . The Santa Clara County Coroner's Office said they had not received any body associated with this case.
Dispatch Staff You can submit news items to City Editor Christopher Quirk by faxing them to 842-2206, mailing them to Gilroy Dispatch, 6400 Monterey Road, Gilroy, CA 95020, or e-mailing editor@garlic.com.
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