Moreno Valley, CA, October 20 – A three-vehicle collision at the intersection of Perris Boulevard and John F. Kennedy Drive left seven people injured, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The crash was reported at approximately 7:40 p.m. Fire department officials said the people hurt suffered a range of injuries, from minor to serious, and confirmed the total number of people affected by the crash.
Moreno Valley Crash at Perris Boulevard and John F. Kennedy Drive Injures Seven
The Riverside County Fire Department said two of the seven people injured in the crash sustained serious injuries. One person suffered a moderate injury, and four others sustained minor injuries, the department said. That breakdown accounted for all seven people hurt in the three-vehicle collision and was the only injury information the department had released as of the report.
The Riverside County Fire Department was the only agency to release information about the crash. It did not say what led the three vehicles to collide, whether any citations were issued, or whether other emergency responders were involved. The department’s statement addressed only the number and severity of the injuries sustained in the collision.
Several details about the crash remain unconfirmed. The cause of the collision, descriptions of the vehicles involved, and whether any drivers faced citations or other consequences have not been disclosed. The Riverside County Fire Department has not indicated whether additional information about the three-vehicle crash will be released at a later time.
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.
