Man dies after fall from freeway while trying to dodge oncoming car during California storm
By APThursday, January 21, 2010
Man dies after fall from freeway during CA storm
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Authorities say a man died when he accidentally fell 30 feet from the side of a freeway in San Jose after jumping out of the way of an oncoming car during a rainstorm.
The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man who died Tuesday as 32-year-old Abundio Prudente of Madera.
San Jose fire Capt. Scott Kouns says Prudente was in a car that spun out on rain-slicked U.S. 101 in the Coyote Valley area.
He and another person left the car then saw an out-of-control vehicle coming toward them. The two jumped out of the way, and Prudente accidentally fell over the side of the freeway.
He later died at a hospital.
Information from: San Jose Mercury News, www.sjmercury.com
