Farmersville, CA, October 24 – A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being struck by a pickup truck while crossing the street in Farmersville on Friday evening, according to authorities. The crash happened just before 7 p.m. on October 23 at the intersection of Visalia Road and Magnolia Avenue as the man attempted to catch up with his daughter, who had already crossed.
Farmersville man critically injured in pedestrian crash at Visalia Road and Magnolia Avenue
The crash occurred just before 7 p.m. on October 23 at Visalia Road and Magnolia Avenue in Farmersville. According to a preliminary investigation, a Chevrolet Silverado was traveling east on Visalia Road when it struck a man who was attempting to cross the street to catch up with his daughter, who had already made it across.
Officers who responded to the scene found the man lying in the roadway. Emergency personnel treated him at the scene before he was transported to Kaweah Health Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition.
The driver of the Silverado remained at the scene following the crash and is cooperating with investigators. No arrests or citations have been reported in connection with the incident.
The collision remains under investigation, and authorities have not released further details about the circumstances leading up to the crash. The man’s name, age, and current condition beyond the initial critical listing have not been made public.
What California law requires of drivers around pedestrians
Vehicle Code section 21950 requires a driver to yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing within any marked crosswalk, or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. Subdivision (b) is the one people misread: a pedestrian may walk or run, and doing either does not forfeit the right of way.
Subdivision (c) puts a separate duty on the driver. A driver approaching a pedestrian in any crosswalk must exercise all due care and reduce the speed of the vehicle. That duty applies whether or not the pedestrian had the right of way, and subdivision (d) preserves it: nothing in the section relieves a driver of the duty to use due care for the safety of any pedestrian in the roadway.
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.
