Brea, CA, November 9 – A two-vehicle accident on the 10 Freeway near La Brea Avenue left one person injured on Monday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was reported at around 6:40 p.m. The CHP said the cause of the collision had not yet been determined. The person who was hurt was taken to a local hospital for treatment following the crash.
Los Angeles Crash on 10 Freeway Near La Brea Avenue Leaves One Injured
The injury was described as minor, according to the report. Beyond that, no additional information was provided about the injured person, including their age, gender, or which of the two vehicles they had been traveling in at the time of the crash. How the injured person was transported to the hospital was also not specified in the available information.
The report did not indicate whether the California Highway Patrol was continuing to investigate the crash or had closed out its initial response. No information was provided about whether either driver was cited or found at fault, and the report did not describe how the two vehicles came into contact with each other.
Several other details about the crash remain unconfirmed. The report did not name the hospital where the injured person was treated, nor did it describe the extent of damage to either vehicle involved. It also was not stated whether anyone else involved in the collision required medical attention, or whether the injured person has since been released from care.
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.
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.
