San Pablo, CA, October 30 – A one-year-old child died after being struck by a vehicle on Friday afternoon in San Pablo, according to the California Highway Patrol. The child was killed near an intersection in the city, and the agency has released few details about how the crash occurred. No information about the vehicle involved or the events leading up to the collision has been made public.
San Pablo 1-Year-Old Dies After Being Struck by Vehicle on Rachel Road
The collision happened around 4:22 p.m. on October 30, 2026, in the 1441 block of Rachel Road at Linda Drive, according to the CHP. The agency’s report identified the victim as a one-year-old child who was struck by a vehicle at that location. Beyond the time and location, the CHP has not described the vehicle involved or named any driver connected to the crash.
CHP logs reviewed for the report indicate only that a vehicle struck the child, without specifying what led to the crash. The agency has not said whether speed, impairment, or any other factor played a role, and it has not issued a citation or made an arrest in connection with the incident. No description of the driver or additional witnesses has been shared publicly.
Several basic facts about the crash remain unconfirmed. The report does not specify whether the child was struck on the roadway itself or near a nearby apartment complex, and it does not say whether the child was unattended at the time. The child’s name has not been released, and no additional details about the incident have 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.
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.
