Hayward, CA, September 18 – A 73-year-old woman has died from injuries suffered when a car struck her at an intersection, according to the Hayward Police Department. The vehicle was driven by a 48-year-old man. She was taken to a local hospital but did not survive, police said. The man behind the wheel remained at the scene afterward and spoke with investigators, according to the department.
Hayward Woman, 73, Dies After Being Struck by Vehicle at Kelly Street and Bayview Avenue
According to the Hayward Police Department, the crash happened around 11 a.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2026, at the intersection of Kelly Street and Bayview Avenue in Hayward. The woman was in the roadway at that location when the vehicle struck her. Police did not release additional details about the moments leading up to the crash.
Police have not said whether any arrests have been made in connection with the crash, and it remains unclear whether the driver will face any citations. The Hayward Police Department has not released the cause of the crash or said what led the vehicle to strike the woman in the roadway.
Several other details about the crash have not been made public. The Hayward Police Department has not released the names of the woman who died or the driver of the vehicle. Police also have not said whether the investigation into the crash has been completed or remains active, according to the department.
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.
Who is entitled to bring a claim when someone is killed
Code of Civil Procedure section 377.60 decides who may bring a wrongful death action. The first group is the surviving spouse, domestic partner, children and the issue of deceased children, or, where there is no surviving issue, whoever would take the estate by intestate succession.
A second group may bring the action only if they were financially dependent on the person who died: a putative spouse and their children, stepchildren, parents, and the legal guardians of the person who died where the parents are deceased. Parents are in that second group, which is the part families are most often surprised by, because dependency has to be shown rather than assumed.
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.
