Irvine, CA, November 7 – A motorcyclist was injured Friday evening after a collision with a car on the 91 Freeway in Westminster, according to the California Highway Patrol. The rider suffered a leg injury and was taken to UC Irvine for treatment. The agency reported that the circumstances leading to the crash had not been determined, and further details about the collision were not immediately available.
Westminster Motorcyclist Injured in 91 Freeway Crash Near State College Boulevard
CHP said the crash was first reported around 4:29 p.m. near State College Boulevard, a cross street along that section of the freeway in Westminster. The collision involved a motorcycle and a car, and CHP did not immediately release additional information about the vehicles involved in its initial report on the crash.
A leg injury to the motorcyclist required treatment at UC Irvine following the crash, CHP said. The agency’s report did not specify the severity of the injury, whether surgery was needed, or the rider’s condition after being admitted for treatment. No timeline for a full recovery was given in the report.
CHP had not determined the circumstances that led to the collision as of its initial report, and no cause for the crash had been identified. It was not reported whether the driver of the car was injured or whether either party was cited in connection with the crash. Those details had not been released at the time of this report.
Lane splitting, and what the Vehicle Code actually says
Vehicle Code section 21658.1 defines lane splitting and authorizes 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.
