SAN JOSE — A woman stabbed her spouse in Hollister, carjacked two vehicles, then fled at high speeds along South Bay roads before stabbing herself fatally next to a San Jose freeway on Saturday, police said.
The incident was first reported around 10 a.m. on Saturday when the state CHP received a report of a wrong-way driver in the area of Hollister and the Casa de Fruta historic resort, roadway attraction and fruit stand.
A 34-year-old female assaulted her spouse with a knife in Hollister, said CHP Sgt. Cary Martin. The woman then took her sister’s vehicle “by force” and fled that location, Martin said.
The woman was driving on the wrong side of Highway 152 and hit a vehicle head-on just west of Casa de Fruta, according to the CHP. The head-on collision involved a Chevrolet SUV, a CHP incident log states.
The woman exited her sister’s vehicle and carjacked a bystander who was not involved in any of the prior incidents.
Soon after racing away from Casa de Fruta, the 34-year-old female passed vehicles on the right shoulder and cut off other cars, CHP incident logs posted on Saturday show.
Gilroy police located the carjacked vehicle and began chasing the woman, who reportedly was in a Honda Accord at that point. Gilroy police, however, lost track of the speeding vehicle.
Subsequently, the vehicle came to a stop on the shoulder of northbound Highway 101 just south of Bernal Road in San Jose, Martin said.
The unidentified female inflicted several stab wounds to herself, the California Highway Patrol and San Jose police stated.
Several people called 911, Martin said. San Jose police officers arrived on the scene, and the woman was taken to Regional Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, according to the CHP.
The investigation into the incidents is ongoing, CHP officers stated.
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Staff writer Grant Stringer contributed to this report
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