Fresno, CA, September 13 – Two people were hospitalized after being injured in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 180 near Marks Avenue on Saturday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP said the crash occurred around 4:13 p.m., and both vehicles involved were recovered from the scene. The injured occupants were taken to area hospitals following the collision, and the CHP has not yet released further details about their conditions.
Fresno Crash on Highway 180 Near Marks Avenue Injures Two, CHP Says
The California Highway Patrol did not identify which hospitals treated the two injured people or describe the type of medical care they received. The agency also did not release descriptions of the two vehicles involved, the number of occupants in each, or whether anyone beyond the two hospitalized individuals was hurt in the crash.
Investigators have not yet determined the events that led up to the collision, the CHP said. It was not immediately clear whether speed, impairment, or another factor contributed to the crash, and no citations or arrests connected to the incident have been announced by the California Highway Patrol. The agency’s investigation into the crash remains open.
Several details about the crash remain unconfirmed. The identities and ages of the two people who were hospitalized have not been released, and the California Highway Patrol has not said how serious their injuries were or whether either person’s condition has changed since they were taken to the hospital for treatment.
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 1 January 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.
