Victorville, CA, November 8 – A pedestrian was airlifted to a hospital after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Palmdale Road in Victorville on Saturday evening, according to authorities. The man was attempting to cross the road when he was hit by a vehicle traveling east, officials said. He was flown to Loma Linda University Medical Center for treatment, while the driver remained at the scene and was not injured. The Victorville Police Department is investigating the collision.
Victorville Pedestrian Airlifted After Being Struck on Palmdale Road
The collision happened at around 5:21 p.m. on November 7, in the 1100 block of Palmdale Road near Borego Road, according to authorities. A man was attempting to walk across the road when he was struck by a vehicle traveling east. The pedestrian suffered injuries that have not been specified by officials.
The injured pedestrian was flown by helicopter to Loma Linda University Medical Center for treatment. The driver of the vehicle involved was not injured in the collision and remained at the scene afterward. A section of Palmdale Road was closed while authorities worked the scene and conducted their investigation.
The Victorville Police Department is handling the investigation into the crash. As of now, authorities have not released the identity of the pedestrian, the make or model of the vehicle involved, or a cause for the collision. It remains unclear whether any citations have been issued in connection with the crash.
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.
