San Jose, CA, November 13 – One person was injured in a crash involving a pickup truck and a sedan on Wednesday afternoon in San Jose, according to the California Highway Patrol. The collision happened on Highway 101 near Hellyer Avenue. The injured person was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Authorities have not yet said what led to the crash, and no further information about the person’s condition has been made public.
1 injured in Highway 101 crash near Hellyer Avenue in San Jose
The California Highway Patrol said the crash was reported at about 3:58 p.m. on Highway 101 near Hellyer Avenue. Two vehicles were involved: a white pickup truck and a sedan. No other vehicles were mentioned in the information released so far.
One person was hurt in the collision and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The name of the hospital has not been released, and officials have not described the nature or severity of the injuries.
Authorities did not immediately determine the events leading up to the crash. No cause has been announced, and no information has been released about whether anyone was cited or arrested. It is also unclear which lanes were affected or how traffic was impacted.
Several details remain unconfirmed, including the identity and age of the injured person, whether that person was in the truck or the sedan, and how the collision unfolded. This report will be updated if the California Highway Patrol releases more information.
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.
