Sacramento County, CA, September 25 – A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries in a collision with a sedan Thursday evening at the intersection of Fulton Avenue and El Camino Avenue in the Arden-Arcade area of Sacramento County, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash occurred in front of a Chevron station and involved a white Toyota sedan and a motorcycle. The rider was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Arden-Arcade crash at Fulton and El Camino avenues
The California Highway Patrol reported that the collision happened around 7:15 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Fulton Avenue and El Camino Avenue, in front of a Chevron station in the Arden-Arcade area of Sacramento County. A white Toyota sedan and a motorcycle were involved.
The motorcyclist sustained major injuries, including an open wound on the arm. Paramedics responded to the scene and transported the rider to Mercy San Juan Medical Center for treatment.
A witness told officers that the vehicle that struck the motorcyclist may have run the red light at the intersection, though this has not been confirmed by the California Highway Patrol.
The California Highway Patrol has not released the names of those involved, and no cause has been officially determined. Whether any citations have been issued has not been disclosed.
Lane splitting, and what the Vehicle Code actually says
Vehicle Code section 21658.1 defines lane splitting and authorises the California Highway Patrol to develop educational guidelines for it. What matters after a crash is the distinction the section draws: lane splitting is not prohibited in California, and not prohibited is not the same thing as legal.
The practical effect is that a rider who was lane splitting has not broken a rule by doing so, and an insurer that treats lane splitting as automatic fault is asserting something the statute does not say. Fault still turns on how each party behaved, the same as in any other collision.
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.
