SANTA CLARA COUNTY — A woman was killed and a man was injured when a big rig and a car collided Monday afternoon on Highway 25 in southern Santa Clara County, according to authorities.
The crash happened around 12:40 p.m. at Bloomfield Avenue, about 2 miles south of Gilroy, said California Highway Patrol Officer Alfredo Uribe.
A 2016 Freightliner tractor-trailer combination was northbound on Highway 25 (Hollister Road) at 40 mph when a Hyundai Elantra began to make a left turn onto the highway from westbound Bloomfield Avenue, Uribe said. The big rig collided with the car.
The driver of the Hyundai suffered fatal injuries in the crash, Uribe said. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office identified her as Silvia Aranda, 59, of Los Banos.
Uribe said the collision left the driver of the big rig with minor injuries to a hand.
Neither drugs nor alcohol appeared to play a role in the crash, Uribe said.
Anyone with information related to the case can contact the CHP Hollister-Gilroy area office at 408-427-0700.
