Fresno, CA, October 18 – A man riding an e-scooter was seriously injured on Saturday night after being struck by a car in Fresno. The collision happened at Gettysburg Avenue and 9th Street just before 7 p.m., according to officers. The man was taken to Community Regional Medical Center in critical condition. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with police.
Fresno man seriously injured after car strikes e-scooter on Gettysburg Avenue
A man riding an e-scooter was seriously injured on Saturday night after a car struck him in Fresno, according to officers. The collision happened at the intersection of Gettysburg Avenue and 9th Street just before 7 p.m.
The man was taken to Community Regional Medical Center in critical condition following the crash, officers said. No further information about his condition has been released.
The driver of the car involved in the collision remained at the scene and cooperated with responding officers, according to police. No arrests or citations have been reported in connection with the crash.
Details including the cause of the collision, the identities of those involved and the man’s current condition have not been released. It remains unclear whether the investigation is ongoing.
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.
