{"id":4228,"date":"2026-07-10T22:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T22:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2026-07-10T22:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T22:38:24","slug":"man-sentenced-to-jail-for-phony-insurance-claim-after-road-rage-collision-with-big-rig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>SAN JOSE \u2014 A reputed road-rage driver caught on dashcam video swerving in front of a semi-truck and hitting his brakes abruptly \u2014 causing a collision on Highway 101 last year \u2014 was sentenced to jail for filing a phony insurance claim purporting that he was innocently stopped in traffic when he was rear-ended.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4226\">Ballot measure would increase Alameda County minimum wage to $30<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ken Pham Tran, 53, of San Jose, was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail in connection with his June 4 jury convictions for felony insurance fraud, felony vandalism and misdemeanor reckless driving. The jail time is in addition to two years of probation and restitution he was ordered to pay: $1,200 to Progressive Insurance and $3,000 to Bill Jacobsen Trucking, which operated the big rig.<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"youtube-player\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N9xmwtDuCy8?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoad rage. Reckless driving. Insurance fraud. This person made a lot of bad decisions,\u201d District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, whose office investigated the case along with the California Highway Patrol, added in a statement: \u201cCrimes like these jeopardize public safety and increase insurance cost for consumers and businesses. I applaud the work of our detectives and investigators which is essential in protecting California drivers and holding offenders accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to investigations by the CHP and a task force with the California Department of Insurance, on the afternoon of Jan. 28, 2025, Tran was agitated after believing the truck driver had cut him off, and used his white Jeep Wrangler Rubicon to twice brake-check the truck at the Story Road underpass on southbound Highway 101.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4224\">Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The truck driver moved to a left lane to avoid a collision, but Tran swerved in front of him and immediately hit his brakes, causing the truck to hit the back of the Jeep, all of which was recorded on the truck\u2019s forward-looking dashboard camera.<\/p>\n<p>Tran later called 911 claiming he was the victim of a hit-and-run collision, and told both authorities and his car insurance provider that he was stopped in traffic when he was rear-ended, leaving out his own actions. The dashcam video clearly shows several car lengths of open roadway ahead of Tran when the collision occurred.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What he likely did not know at the time is that a third-party witness also called 911 and reported having to swerve out of Tran\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<p>According to the insurance commissioner, the witness told investigators Tran was \u201cswerving in and out of lanes to keep the semi-truck behind his vehicle,\u201d and independently corroborated the dashcam video version. The witness added that \u201cit looked as though the semi-truck would not have been able to prevent the collision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4222\">Is buying a home still the way to wealth? Some young Americans aren\u2019t sure<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reputed road-rage driver caught on dashcam video swerving in front of a semi-truck and hitting his brakes abruptly &#8212; causing a collision on Highway 101 last year &#8212; was sentenced to jail for filing a phony insurance claim purporting he was recklessly rear-ended by the big rig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig - Next City Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A reputed road-rage driver caught on dashcam video swerving in front of a semi-truck and hitting his brakes abruptly -- causing a collision on Highway 101 last year -- was sentenced to jail for filing a phony insurance claim purporting he was recklessly rear-ended by the big rig.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next City Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-10T22:38:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13065d40d633843429ac57d4e5c06f9b\"},\"headline\":\"Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-10T22:38:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228\"},\"wordCount\":473,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/506e69001f3a61b30be82d6fe9efd066.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228\",\"name\":\"Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig - Next City Digest\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/506e69001f3a61b30be82d6fe9efd066.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-10T22:38:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13065d40d633843429ac57d4e5c06f9b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/506e69001f3a61b30be82d6fe9efd066.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/506e69001f3a61b30be82d6fe9efd066.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":595},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?p=4228#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Next City Digest\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13065d40d633843429ac57d4e5c06f9b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcitydigest.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig - Next City Digest","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig - Next City Digest","og_description":"A reputed road-rage driver caught on dashcam video swerving in front of a semi-truck and hitting his brakes abruptly -- causing a collision on Highway 101 last year -- was sentenced to jail for filing a phony insurance claim purporting he was recklessly rear-ended by the big rig.","og_url":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228","og_site_name":"Next City Digest","article_published_time":"2026-07-10T22:38:24+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/#\/schema\/person\/13065d40d633843429ac57d4e5c06f9b"},"headline":"Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig","datePublished":"2026-07-10T22:38:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228"},"wordCount":473,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/506e69001f3a61b30be82d6fe9efd066.webp","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228","url":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228","name":"Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig - Next City Digest","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/506e69001f3a61b30be82d6fe9efd066.webp","datePublished":"2026-07-10T22:38:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/#\/schema\/person\/13065d40d633843429ac57d4e5c06f9b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/506e69001f3a61b30be82d6fe9efd066.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/506e69001f3a61b30be82d6fe9efd066.webp","width":1024,"height":595},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4228#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Man sentenced to jail for phony insurance claim after road rage collision with big rig"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/","name":"Next City Digest","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/#\/schema\/person\/13065d40d633843429ac57d4e5c06f9b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/nextcitydigest.com"],"url":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}