California, September 17 – One person suffered injuries Tuesday morning when two vehicles collided on the 5 Freeway in Newhall, the California Highway Patrol reported. The injured person was brought to a hospital in the area for treatment, according to the CHP. Officers responded to the freeway and worked to clear the vehicles from the scene, though the agency has not released many additional details about the crash.
Newhall Car Crash on 5 Freeway Near Roxford Street Injures One Person
The California Highway Patrol said the crash occurred at approximately 6:11 a.m. on the 5 Freeway near Roxford Street. Two vehicles were involved, and responding officers located both at the scene. The CHP has not said how many people were riding in either vehicle or whether anyone besides the person who was hurt sustained injuries.
According to the California Highway Patrol, investigators had not pinpointed what caused the two vehicles to collide as of Tuesday. The agency did not say whether either driver was cited, and no information was provided about who, if anyone, was found to be at fault. The CHP’s report did not include a description of how the crash occurred.
Several facts about the crash remain unconfirmed. The California Highway Patrol has not released the name or age of the person who was hurt, the hospital that treated them, or how serious their injuries were. It was also not immediately clear when additional information about the crash might be made available.
What the at-fault driver is required to carry, and why it often is not enough
Vehicle Code section 16056 sets California’s minimum liability limits, and they changed recently. For a policy issued or renewed on or after 1 January 2025, the minimum is $30,000 for injury to or death of one person, $60,000 where two or more people are hurt, and $15,000 for property damage. Policies written before that date may still carry the older minimum of $15,000, $30,000 and $5,000.
Those are floors, not typical limits, and a single hospital admission can exhaust the lower figure before any other loss is counted. Where the at-fault driver carries the minimum, the uninsured and underinsured motorist cover on the injured person’s own policy is often the part that matters most, and it is worth checking early rather than after the other insurer has made an offer.
The deadline that applies to a claim like this one
Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1 gives two years for an action for injury to, or for the death of, an individual caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another. The same two years covers an injury claim and a death claim; there is no separate, shorter period because someone died.
Talking to someone about it
Culver Legal represents people injured in collisions across California. A conversation about what happened costs nothing, and we work on a contingency fee, which means there is no fee unless we win. If we do not win, we do not pass the case costs on to you either.
Nothing on this page is legal advice about any particular case, and the facts of a reported collision often change as the investigation continues.
