Antelope, CA, October 18 – A motorcyclist was injured on Friday afternoon after a collision involving a passenger vehicle and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle at the intersection of Highway 2 and Cardinal Road, according to the San Bernardino Police Department. The rider was thrown from the motorcycle and airlifted to Antelope Valley Medical Center for treatment. The department said the crash occurred at around 12:52 p.m., and the circumstances that led to the collision have not yet been determined.
Wrightwood Motorcyclist Injured in Highway 2 Crash at Cardinal Road
According to the San Bernardino Police Department, the vehicles involved were a passenger car and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The department has not released details on how the two vehicles came into contact, including which one may have been at fault. It has also not said whether the driver of the passenger vehicle was hurt in the crash.
The San Bernardino Police Department said the crash remains under investigation and has not released information about what caused the two vehicles to collide. No citations or arrests related to the collision have been announced. Investigators have not said whether either driver was found to be at fault or whether speed or impairment played any role.
The motorcyclist’s name, age and current medical condition have not been made public, and the identity of the driver of the passenger vehicle has not been released either. No updates on the rider’s condition have been provided since the helicopter transport to Antelope Valley Medical Center. The San Bernardino Police Department has not said when, or whether, additional details about the crash will be made available.
Lane splitting, and what the Vehicle Code actually says
Vehicle Code section 21658.1 defines lane splitting and authorises 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.
