San Jose: Scooter driver who was ejected after hitting brush pile dies in hospital
A man who crashed a motorized scooter in San Jose on May 15 has died in the hospital, police say.
SAN JOSE — A man who crashed a motorized scooter on San Jose city streets died in a hospital two days after the collision, according to authorities.
The Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner identified him Wednesday as 37-year-old Foster City resident Andrew Zoen Hou Lam.
Police said he was riding a motorized scooter southbound on Lundy Avenue near Rosebriar Way around 10:53 p.m. on May 15 when he struck a brush pile in the bike lane and was ejected from the scooter.
He was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and died there on May 17.
The death was the 16th traffic death on San Jose city streets of 2023.