Long Beach, CA, November 15 – A man and a woman were taken to the hospital after a car struck them while they were crossing an intersection on Saturday night, according to the Long Beach Fire Department. The department said the collision happened around 9:20 p.m. on November 14, 2026, at Fourth Street and Ximeno Avenue. Long Beach police and firefighters went to the scene shortly after the first reports of the collision came in. Both patients were reported to have stable vital signs at the hospital.
Long Beach man and woman hospitalized after car hits them in crosswalk at Fourth and Ximeno
Early findings from a preliminary investigation indicate that the man and the woman were walking eastbound on Fourth Street and were crossing Ximeno Avenue inside a crosswalk when they were struck. The car that hit them was making a left turn to travel northbound on Ximeno Avenue, according to those findings. No information has been released about the driver of the car.
Both people were transported to the hospital for treatment. Their vital signs were stable once they arrived, according to authorities. Officials did not say which hospital received them, what injuries they sustained, or how old they are, and the names of the two pedestrians have not been made public in the information released so far.
Authorities said drugs and alcohol did not appear to be contributing factors in the collision. The investigation is still described as preliminary, and the early findings could change as more information is gathered. It is not yet confirmed what led to the collision, how serious the injuries are, or whether the investigation will produce any further findings.
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.
