2 San Jose Men Identified In Street Racing Crash: SCC Coroner

SAN JOSE, CA — The identities of two men who died Saturday night in a crash after an apparent South San Jose street race were released Sunday afternoon by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office.

Miguel Angel Rodriguez, 33, of San Jose, and Ernesto Chapa, 26, of San Jose were both in a black 2014 Jeep that lost control during an apparent street race and crashed into a tree about 6:25 p.m. Saturday on northbound Snell Avenue just north of Rosenbaum Avenue, police said.

Police continue to search Sunday for the occupants of a gray BMW sedan who stopped, got out of their car to look at the wreckage and then drove away. The Jeep and BMW were believed to have been racing.

Police are looking for help identifying the BMW and its occupants, and anyone with such information is urged to call SJPD Detective Eliseo Malvido at 408-277-4654.

This was San Jose's 32nd fatal collision of 2019, and victims numbers 32 and 33, police said.

—Bay City News