Folsom, CA, September 16 – A motorcyclist was hospitalized with major injuries after a crash involving a Toyota Camry on westbound Highway 50 in Folsom Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash happened near the East Bidwell Street off-ramp. Paramedics responded and took the motorcyclist to a hospital for treatment. Investigators closed lanes to work the scene.
Folsom motorcyclist hospitalized after crash on Highway 50 near East Bidwell Street
The crash was reported around 8:38 a.m. Wednesday on westbound Highway 50, just west of the East Bidwell Street off-ramp in Folsom, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP logs described the vehicles involved as a fully dressed motorcycle and a silver Toyota Camry.
A person who reported the crash to CHP said the motorcyclist was cut off by the car. Paramedics arrived at the scene and transported one person, the motorcyclist, to a hospital for treatment of major injuries.
CHP investigators blocked the No. 1 and No. 2 lanes on westbound Highway 50 while they worked the scene, a step that typically slows traffic in the area as officers document the crash.
The CHP has not released further details on the crash. It is not yet known what led to the collision beyond the account from the person who reported it, and no information on any citation or fault determination has been made public.
Lane splitting, and what the Vehicle Code actually says
Vehicle Code section 21658.1 defines lane splitting and authorises 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.
