San Diego, CA, November 12 – One person was taken to a hospital after two vehicles collided on southbound Interstate 15 in San Diego on Thursday, November 12, the California Highway Patrol reported. The crash happened around 5:33 p.m. near Miramar Way. Officers and other emergency personnel responded and found a white Tesla Model Y and a gray Mazda 3 involved. Paramedics transported one person as a precaution.
One person taken to hospital after two-vehicle crash on southbound I-15 in San Diego
The collision occurred at about 5:33 p.m. on southbound Interstate 15, near the Miramar Way exit. The California Highway Patrol said two vehicles were involved, and that the crash drew a response from CHP officers along with other emergency personnel.
When responders arrived, they found a white Tesla Model Y and a gray Mazda 3 at the scene. Paramedics transported one person to Sharp Mary Birch Hospital. The transport was described as a precaution, and the person’s condition has not been released.
The cause of the crash has not been released. The CHP has not said which vehicle the injured person was in, whether anyone else was hurt, or whether any lanes were closed. It is also unconfirmed whether a citation or arrest was made, and no information on the crash’s cause or fault has 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 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.
