Arizona, CA, October 26 – A two-vehicle crash on southbound State Route 77 killed two people and left two others with serious injuries on Monday morning, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. The collision occurred around 6:15 a.m. near milepost 85 at Wilds Road. The injured were taken to the hospital for treatment. Investigators have not yet determined what led up to the crash.
Tucson Crash on Southbound SR-77 Kills Two, Injures Two Others
The Arizona Department of Public Safety said two vehicles were involved in the crash and that two people died as a result of the collision. Officials have not said how many occupants were inside each vehicle, nor have they confirmed the circumstances that brought the two vehicles together on the roadway that morning.
Two other people involved in the crash were transported to the hospital with serious injuries, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Their current conditions have not been made public. It has not been reported whether the injured were occupants of the same vehicle or from both vehicles involved in the collision.
The crash remains under investigation. The Arizona Department of Public Safety has not released information about what led up to the collision, including whether speed, impairment, or any traffic violation played a role. The identities of those killed and injured have not been released, and no additional details about the vehicles or drivers involved have been made public.
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 January 1, 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.
Who is entitled to bring a claim when someone is killed
Code of Civil Procedure section 377.60 decides who may bring a wrongful death action. The first group is the surviving spouse, domestic partner, children and the issue of deceased children, or, where there is no surviving issue, whoever would take the estate by intestate succession.
A second group may bring the action only if they were financially dependent on the person who died: a putative spouse and their children, stepchildren, parents, and the legal guardians of the person who died where the parents are deceased. Parents are in that second group, which is the part families are most often surprised by, because dependency has to be shown rather than assumed.
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.
