Driver Gets Jail Time After Brake-Checking Semi-Truck in Road Rage Crash
Dashcam video showed the Jeep stopping abruptly before the semi rear-ended it, and a judge ordered Tran to pay more than $4,200 in restitution.
- On Friday, a San Jose judge sentenced Ken Pham Tran to 60 days in jail for felony insurance fraud stemming from a road rage incident on Highway 101 in January 2025.
- Tran became enraged after believing a semi-truck cut him off, then used his Jeep Wrangler Rubicon to repeatedly brake-check the vehicle at the Story Road underpass on January 28, 2025.
- Dashcam footage and a witness 911 call corroborated that Tran was 'driving recklessly and brake-checking a semi-truck on the 101 Freeway,' contradicting his false claim that he was stopped in traffic.
- Beyond the jail sentence, Tran was ordered to pay $1,200 to Progressive Insurance and over $3,000 to Bill Jacobsen Trucking while serving two years of probation.
- Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen warned drivers to 'count to 10 before you commit fraud,' while Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara cautioned that 'crimes like these jeopardize public safety and increase insurance cost.
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Driver gets jail time after brake-checking semi-truck in road rage crash
A San Jose, California, man was sentenced to 60 days in county jail for lying to his insurance company after he brake-checked a semi-truck on the freeway in a fit of road rage, prosecutors said. Ken Pham Tran, 53, was…
San Jose man gets jail after causing his own road rage crash, submitting fraudulent insurance claim
A man caught on dashcam video causing his own road rage crash on U.S Highway 101 in San Jose, and who later submitted a fraudulent insurance claim for the collision, was sentenced to jail on Friday.
Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig
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Motorist sentenced to jail for seeking insurance payout for damage he caused by brake checking a semi truck
A motorist was sentenced to jail time and restitution for “trying to profit from his road rage” in a crash involving a commercial semi truck, California prosecutors said. On July 10, 2026, Ken Pham Tran, 53, was sentenced to 60 days in county jail, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office (SCCDAO). Tran was also ordered to pay $1,200 in restitution to Progressive Insurance and $3,001 to Bill Jacobsen Trucking. Tran was conv…
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