Berkeley, CA, November 9 – A woman in her 50s was hospitalized Monday afternoon after a vehicle struck her as she crossed within a crosswalk in the Berkeley Hills neighborhood, according to the Berkeley Police Department. Officers and emergency crews responded to the scene, and police said the investigation into the crash remains active. The woman was taken from the scene for medical treatment, authorities said.
Berkeley Woman Hospitalized After Being Struck by Vehicle in Crosswalk
The Berkeley Police Department said the crash happened at about 3:27 p.m. on November 9, at the intersection of Marin Avenue and The Alameda. Responding officers and emergency crews located the pedestrian unconscious at the scene. She was then transported to Highland Hospital, where she was later listed in stable condition, police said.
Authorities closed Marin Avenue between Fresno and The Alameda as crews worked at the scene, according to police. The Berkeley Police Department said investigators are still working to determine the cause of the crash and have not released further details about the vehicle or the driver involved in the collision.
The Berkeley Police Department has not released the woman’s name or disclosed what caused the vehicle to strike her in the crosswalk. No information about the driver has been made public, and it remains unclear whether any citations have been issued. Police said no additional details were immediately available as the investigation continues.
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.
