A pedestrian was struck and killed Monday in eastern San Jose by two vehicles that crashed, apparently during a street race, police said.
The victim, a woman who was not immediately identified, was on foot near Yerba Buena Road and Edenwood Drive when the crash occurred about noon.
The male drivers of a 2011 Nissan and a 2011 BMW were traveling west on Yerba Buena down a hill, and apparently racing, when they lost control and collided, police said.
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The cars careened to the side of the road, where the Nissan pinned the woman against a tree, police said. She died at the scene.
The drivers, Gabriel Bacerra, 19, and Manual Maldonado-Avalos, 24, were arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, authorities said.
Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @henryklee
