A gardener was hit by an out-of-control vehicle while he was
working outside a north Morgan Hill home Wednesday morning, police
said.
A gardener was hit by an out-of-control vehicle while he was working outside a north Morgan Hill home Wednesday morning, police said.
The 57-year-old Sunnyvale man was in critical condition following the single-vehicle accident, according to Morgan Hill police Capt. Joe Sampson. The man, whose name police did not release because his family has not been notified of his injuries, was flown by helicopter to Regional Medical Center of San Jose.
Emergency dispatchers received a call about 9:30 a.m. reporting an erratic driver in a gray 1997 Jeep Cherokee “swerving all over the road,” Sampson said. The Jeep was traveling southbound on Hale Avenue.
Moments later police received another call reporting an accident near the intersection of Hale Avenue and Llagas Road, Sampson said. That accident involved a Jeep matching the description of the erratic vehicle reported earlier.
The Jeep crashed off the west side of Hale Avenue, shearing a telephone pole that dangled above the ground by the attached wires after the impact. PG&E was called to the scene to make repairs.
The vehicle also hit the Sunnyvale man who was working in a residential yard beside the road, Sampson said.
The driver, Joseph Jaghab, 65 of San Carlos, told police he was coming from a hospital in San Jose with an unrelated medical issue, said Sampson, adding the driver seemed “disoriented” after the crash. Police do not think alcohol or illicit drugs played a role in the accident, but are still investigating to determine if the driver suffered an urgent medical condition that caused him to drive erratically.
Jaghab was transported to a nearby hospital by ambulance, with unknown injuries, Sampson said.
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