Westminster, CA, October 18 – One person was hospitalized with minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash on Saturday night, according to a report from the California Highway Patrol. The agency said two vehicles were involved in the collision, and the injured individual was taken from the scene to a hospital for medical treatment. What led to the crash had not been immediately determined, the CHP reported.
Westminster Crash on 91 Freeway Near Beach Boulevard Sends One to Hospital
According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on the 91 Freeway near Beach Boulevard at around 8:40 p.m. on Saturday. Two vehicles were found at the scene when officers arrived to investigate. The CHP’s report on the collision did not include a description of either vehicle or identify the drivers who were involved in the crash.
The person who was injured suffered what the CHP described as minor injuries and was taken from the scene to a hospital for treatment. The report did not indicate whether anyone else involved in the crash, including the driver of the second vehicle, was hurt. It was also not specified which vehicle the injured person had been in at the time of the crash.
The California Highway Patrol has not determined what caused the two-vehicle crash. The agency’s report did not specify whether either driver was cited, and no cause had been established as of the time the report was issued. Additional details, including the identities of those involved and the condition of the person taken to the hospital, have not been released.
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.
