Fresno County, CA, October 29 – A three-vehicle collision occurred early Thursday morning, October 29, at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and McMullin Grade in Fresno County, leaving two people with major injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol. The collision involved a Honda Accord, a Honda CR-V and a Dodge Ram, each struck in a chain of impacts at the intersection. The California Highway Patrol said it continues to investigate the crash.
Fresno County Crash at Lincoln Avenue and McMullin Grade Injures Two
Officers with the California Highway Patrol said the Honda Accord was heading west on Lincoln Avenue shortly before 6:40 a.m. when the driver did not stop for a posted stop sign, leading to a collision with a Honda CR-V moving north on McMullin Grade. A Dodge Ram heading south then struck both vehicles, raising the total number of cars involved to three.
The two people hurt in the crash suffered major injuries and required treatment at a hospital, according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver of the Dodge Ram was not hurt in the collision. The report did not identify the hospital where the two injured people were treated, and no other injuries were reported among those involved in the three-vehicle crash.
The California Highway Patrol has not released further information about the collision, and the investigation remains active. It is not yet known whether the driver of the Accord will be cited for failing to stop at the stop sign, the agency said. The ages, identities and full circumstances surrounding the crash have not been confirmed.
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.
