Thirteen-month-old Anthony Abreu was hit in this stroller and killed as he and his 64­year-old baby sitter, Cathy Gassmann, were crossing the busy intersection. The accident, which involved four vehicles, happened at 12:30 p.m. on March 26.

San Jose police spokesman Sgt. Steve Dixon said Gassmann and Anthony were waiting to cross northbound on Curtner Avenue inside the traffic island.

A white Ford truck on Almaden Road changed from the left-turn lane to the northbound lane suddenly, which may have caused a red Honda to swerve, hitting the nanny and baby and pushing them into the intersection, Dixon said.

"We don't know if the Honda was sideswiped or if she swerved on her own," he said, adding that no arrests have been made and no charges have been brought.

The baby and Gassman were transported to the hospital where Anthony was pronounced dead. Gassmann was released from the Valley Medical Center on March 27.

One of the officers at the scene, San Jose police Sgt. Robert Bennett, said the cause of the accident was "not completely clear" and may take a while for the accident investigation team to determine.

Several hours after the accident, however, the four cars involved were still at the scene. The black BMW coupe with its bumper on the ground was in the left-hand turn lane on Curtner Avenue where it had been attempting to turn onto Almaden Road. In the lane next to the BMW was a Chevy Tahoe, with the crunched stroller to its right in the crosswalk. A red Honda station wagon and a white Ford truck, also involved in the accident, were pushed to the side of Almaden Road.

None of the drivers left the scene when the accident occurred, and two of the drivers were taken to the police station to give their statements, Bennett said.

The intersection was blocked off for more than five hours as approximately 20 police officers assisted at the scene, Bennett added

Pamela Lee, who lives in the Curtner Village apartments, didn't see what happened, but came outside when a friend, who witnessed the accident, called her on his cell phone. One of her neighbors also rushed out to help and tried to administer CPR to the baby.

"My neighbor tried mouth-to-mouth with the baby," she said, but was unable to revive him.

Lee said she watched as the police told the child's father, Manuel Abreu, what happened at the Jiffy Lube shop across the street.

"I've never heard these sounds come out of a person," Lee said. "He was out of his mind. He kept saying, 'Oh my god, no!'"

Lee said that since Highway 87 was added, Curtner has become a major exit and drivers don't look for pedestrians.

"I see a huge lawsuit if she was walking in the crosswalk," Lee said.

Three days after the accident, Jiffy Lube mechanic Paul Lanfranco is still thinking about the tragedy.

"Every day I'm picturing it," he said.

Lanfranco ran out to check on the baby after he saw people in the street. He said Anthony was still in the stroller after being hit, but was unconscious and bleeding. On Saturday, March 27, the parents, Manuel and Jean Ann Abreu, came by and were hugging Lanfranco and crying, he said.