Los Angeles, CA, November 12 – One person suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle collision on Wednesday morning in the Granada Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. The California Highway Patrol reported the crash around 5:54 a.m. on November 11, on State Route 118 at Woodley Avenue. A white Toyota Prius and one other car were involved. Firefighters and paramedics went to the scene and gave medical aid to the injured person. Investigators have released few other details.
Los Angeles: One person hurt in crash on State Route 118 at Woodley Avenue
The crash involved a white Toyota Prius and a second car. The source does not describe the second vehicle, and it does not say how the two vehicles came into contact or which directions they were traveling.
Firefighters and paramedics responded and provided medical aid to one person, who was reported to have minor injuries. The source does not say whether that person was a driver or a passenger, whether anyone was taken to a hospital, or whether anyone else was in either vehicle.
The investigation is ongoing. No cause has been given, and the California Highway Patrol has not said whether speed, impairment or any other factor played a role, or whether any citations or arrests resulted. Details about lane closures or traffic delays on the freeway were also not available. Any further information will depend on what investigators release.
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.
