San Bruno, CA, October 31 – A motorcyclist was seriously injured after colliding with a car on a freeway connector in San Bruno, according to the California Highway Patrol. The collision happened around 3:46 p.m. on the connector linking southbound Interstate 280 to eastbound Interstate 380. The CHP said the motorcycle and the car were the two vehicles involved in the crash on that connector near the interchange.
San Bruno Motorcyclist Seriously Injured in I-280 to I-380 Connector Crash
The motorcycle came to rest on the right side of the roadway after the crash, and the injured rider was also found on the right side of the roadway, the CHP reported. Fire personnel responded to the scene and helped the injured rider following the collision on the connector between the two freeways.
The motorcyclist was taken to a hospital with major injuries, according to the CHP. Crews blocked the number one lane on the connector while they worked at the scene, affecting traffic moving through the interchange. By about 4:44 p.m., the connector had been reported clear, and the motorcycle was readied for towing.
The California Highway Patrol has not released additional information about the crash. The agency has not said what led to the collision between the motorcycle and the car, and the matter remains under investigation. The identities of those involved have not been made public, and no further details about the circumstances have been shared.
Lane splitting, and what the Vehicle Code actually says
Vehicle Code section 21658.1 defines lane splitting and authorizes the California Highway Patrol to develop educational guidelines for it. What matters after a crash is the distinction the section draws: lane splitting is not prohibited in California, and not prohibited is not the same thing as legal.
The practical effect is that a rider who was lane splitting has not broken a rule by doing so, and an insurer that treats lane splitting as automatic fault is asserting something the statute does not say. Fault still turns on how each party behaved, the same as in any other collision.
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.
