Pedestrian, CA, October 15 – A pedestrian suffered serious injuries on Thursday after being struck by a car in Tucson, according to the Tucson Police Department, which responded to the crash and is investigating. The pedestrian was taken to a local hospital for treatment following the collision. Police have not yet disclosed additional details about what led to the crash or the condition of the vehicle involved.
Tucson Pedestrian Suffers Serious Injuries in Golf Links Road Crash
According to the Tucson Police Department, the crash occurred on Golf Links Road near its intersection with Avenida del Sol. That is the only specific location information the department has released. The pedestrian suffered serious injuries in the collision and was taken to a local hospital, where the extent and nature of those injuries have not been disclosed.
The Tucson Police Department is handling the investigation into the crash, but it has not announced any arrests or issued citations in connection with the incident. The department also has not said whether speed, impairment or any other factor contributed to the collision. No information about the driver or a description of the vehicle involved has been released.
Several details about the crash remain unconfirmed. The Tucson Police Department has not released the exact time the collision occurred, the pedestrian’s name or age, or whether the driver remained at the scene afterward. It is also not known whether the department expects to issue citations as the investigation continues. The current condition of the pedestrian has not been made public.
What California law requires of drivers around pedestrians
Vehicle Code section 21950 requires a driver to yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing within any marked crosswalk, or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. Subdivision (b) is the one people misread: a pedestrian may walk or run, and doing either does not forfeit the right of way.
Subdivision (c) puts a separate duty on the driver. A driver approaching a pedestrian in any crosswalk must exercise all due care and reduce the speed of the vehicle. That duty applies whether or not the pedestrian had the right of way, and subdivision (d) preserves it: nothing in the section relieves a driver of the duty to use due care for the safety of any pedestrian in the roadway.
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.
