Modesto, CA, October 15 – A two-vehicle collision on Highway 132 near Pauline Avenue sent one person to a local hospital with minor injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was reported around 6:34 p.m. on Wednesday evening. The California Highway Patrol said it had not yet determined what led up to the collision, and no further details were released as the investigation continues.
Modesto Crash on Highway 132 Near Pauline Avenue Injures One
The collision involved two vehicles. One occupant suffered minor injuries in the crash and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Beyond that description of the injury, further details about the occupant’s condition, or about anyone else who may have been in the vehicles at the time, were not released.
The California Highway Patrol said the events leading up to the collision were not immediately determined and that it had not yet said whether any citations were issued or whether either driver was at fault, as the agency continues to investigate how the two vehicles came to collide on the roadway.
Several details about the crash remain unconfirmed. The California Highway Patrol has not released the vehicle types, the identities of those involved, or the exact circumstances that brought the two vehicles together on the roadway. The full extent of the injured person’s condition following hospital treatment has also not been made public.
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.
