Los Angeles, CA, September 27 – One person was hurt when two vehicles collided on a Los Angeles freeway early Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The injured individual was taken to Northridge Hospital for treatment after the crash. CHP said investigators had not yet determined what led to the collision, and additional details about the incident had not been released as of Tuesday morning.
Los Angeles Two-Vehicle Crash on Highway 101 Near Reseda Boulevard Injures One
The crash occurred around 4:19 a.m. on Highway 101 near Reseda Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol. Two vehicles were involved in the collision, CHP said. The agency’s report on the incident identified the time and the general area of the freeway where the crash took place, but did not include further description of the vehicles involved or how the collision unfolded.
Investigators with the California Highway Patrol had not determined what caused the collision or established the sequence of events leading up to it, the agency said. CHP is continuing to look into the circumstances surrounding the crash. No citations or determinations of fault had been announced in connection with the collision as of Tuesday, and the agency did not indicate when its review might be completed.
Several details about the crash remain unconfirmed. The California Highway Patrol has not released the identity of the person who was injured, the extent of that person’s injuries, or the names of the drivers involved. It also remains unclear what caused the two vehicles to collide or whether any additional factors contributed to the crash. No further updates had been provided as of Tuesday morning.
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.
