Murrieta, CA, September 16 – A 73-year-old man died Sunday morning after being struck by a vehicle while jogging in Murrieta, according to the Murrieta Police Department. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Coroner identified him as Nabil Alsalek, a Murrieta resident. Investigators said Alsalek entered the roadway and was struck by a vehicle traveling through the area. Police have not released additional information about the driver.
Murrieta Man Killed While Jogging on Whitewood Road Identified as Nabil Alsalek
Police said the collision happened at about 6:57 a.m. on September 13, 2026, near the intersection of Whitewood Road and Meadowlark Lane. A vehicle was traveling southbound on Whitewood Road at the time Alsalek was struck. The Murrieta Police Department has not released further details about the vehicle involved.
Investigators believe Alsalek was jogging at the time of the crash, and they noted that dense fog was present in the area that morning, according to the Murrieta Police Department. Authorities have not said whether the fog affected visibility for the driver or Alsalek. The department said the investigation into the crash remains open.
The Murrieta Police Department has not released the driver’s identity, described the vehicle involved, or said whether any citations were issued. Police also have not said how fast the vehicle was traveling or whether speed was a factor in the crash. Those details have not been made public as of this report.
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.
