Pedestrian, CA, October 17 – The California Highway Patrol says a car struck a pedestrian Friday night in Oildale, leaving the victim with serious injuries. Emergency crews responded to the scene and brought the injured pedestrian to a hospital in the area for treatment. The agency had not released extensive details about what caused the pedestrian to be struck or the full extent of their injuries at this time.
Oildale Pedestrian Seriously Injured After Being Struck by Car
The California Highway Patrol placed the time of the crash at roughly 7:19 p.m., with Norris Road and Ray Street in Oildale identified as the site where the car and pedestrian collided. Beyond pinpointing that time and location, the CHP’s public summary of the incident has remained limited, with no additional narrative offered about the moments leading up to the collision.
The driver of the car did not leave the scene after the crash and cooperated with CHP officers who responded, according to the agency. The California Highway Patrol has not indicated whether the driver will face any citations or what, if anything, led to the pedestrian being struck. No cause for the collision had been confirmed as of this report.
Several details about the incident remain unconfirmed. The California Highway Patrol has not released the pedestrian’s name, age or current condition, nor has it described the vehicle involved in the crash. It is also unclear whether the pedestrian remains hospitalized or has been released for further recovery. These facts have not yet been made public by investigators handling the case.
What California law requires of drivers around pedestrians
Vehicle Code section 21950 requires a driver to yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing within any marked crosswalk, or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. Subdivision (b) is the one people misread: a pedestrian may walk or run, and doing either does not forfeit the right of way.
Subdivision (c) puts a separate duty on the driver. A driver approaching a pedestrian in any crosswalk must exercise all due care and reduce the speed of the vehicle. That duty applies whether or not the pedestrian had the right of way, and subdivision (d) preserves it: nothing in the section relieves a driver of the duty to use due care for the safety of any pedestrian in the roadway.
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.
