SAN JOSE, Calif. - The driver who was critically injured when his car collided head-on with another car in a San Jose neighborhood last week – killing a 74-year-old woman in a fiery crash – has died, and police now suspect the man may have been driving under the influence.

The San Jose Police Department confirmed to KTVU on Saturday that the man died of his wounds on Wednesday. Police did not release the man's name, but the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office identified him as 81-year-old Christian Herbert Hygelund of Los Gatos.

The SJPD added investigators suspect Hygelund was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.

The backstory:

According to police, a white 2018 GMC Denali driven by Hygelund was driving eastbound on Foxworthy Avenue near Jarvis Avenue on Oct. 25

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