Former Pearl Jam Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer To Be Arraigned In Vehicle Crash That Killed Pedestrian

Josh Klinghoffer, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Janes Addition, Pearl Jam, Iggy Pop and Morrissey, is set to be arraigned tomorrow in a California courthouse for a March 18 car accident that left a pedestrian dead.

Klinghoffer is expected to be arraigned on a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence. The arraignment and plea is set for tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. PT at the Alhambra, California, Courthouse.

Court records indicate that on March 18 Klinghoffer was driving a Black 2022 GMC Yukon when the vehicle struck 47-year-old pedestrian Israel Sanchez at a crosswalk in Alhambra. Struck in the back, Sanchez was pronounced dead at the Huntington Hospital later that day at 5:28 pm.

Attorneys for Ashley Sanchez, the only child of victim Israel Sanchez, have filed a wrongful death and negligence suit against Klinghoffer, saying, in part, that the guitarist was likely distracted at the time of the crash.

Klinghoffer has been on release on his own recognizance.