Pomona Car Accident Lawyer

East San Gabriel Valley Car Accident Attorneys Serving Pomona

Injured in a Pomona car accident? Here is what to know.

• Yaghmai Law Firm, APC represents car crash victims in Pomona, Claremont, La Verne, San Dimas, Diamond Bar, Walnut, and the rest of the LA County East District.
• We handle Pomona freeway crashes (I-10, SR-60, SR-57, SR-71, Kellogg Interchange) and surface street crashes on Holt Avenue, Garey Avenue, Mission Boulevard, Indian Hill Boulevard, and Foothill Boulevard.
• California gives you two years from the date of the crash to file a personal injury claim under Code of Civil Procedure 335.1. Wrongful death claims under CCP 377.60 run on the same two-year clock.
• No fees unless we recover compensation. Free case review.
• Call or text (888) 800-6731 or submit your case online.

Recent CHP-Reported Incidents in Pomona

The list below is pulled from California Highway Patrol public incident data for Pomona and updated automatically as new reports come in.

Types of Pomona Car Accident Cases We Handle

The freeway and surface street geometry inside Pomona produces several distinct crash patterns. The cases below cover the categories we see most often from Pomona crash victims and their families.

1. I-10 (San Bernardino Freeway) crashes through Pomona

Interstate 10 crosses Pomona east-west and carries one of the heaviest commuter and freight loads in Southern California. We handle rear-end pileups in the Towne Avenue, Garey Avenue, Indian Hill Boulevard, and Dudley Street offramp queues, lane-change collisions through the I-10/SR-71 interchange near White Avenue, and high-speed merge crashes where eastbound traffic decelerates abruptly for the SR-71 split. Investigations on I-10 inside Pomona are handled by California Highway Patrol (525) Baldwin Park (Southern Division) at 14039 Francisquito Avenue, not by Pomona Police. The patrol’s 11-83 traffic collision report and the CHP 555 schematic are the starting point for liability evidence.

2. SR-60 (Pomona Freeway) corridor crashes

State Route 60 is named after Pomona for a reason – it runs the city’s southern flank and carries warehouse-corridor truck traffic east to the Inland Empire. We handle rear-end and sideswipe crashes through the SR-60 interchange with SR-71, fatigue-driver rollovers near the Reservoir Street and Hamilton Boulevard exits, and merging collisions where westbound SR-60 narrows toward the SR-57 split. CHP (525) Baldwin Park covers SR-60 inside Pomona end to end; there is no jurisdiction handoff at the city line.

3. SR-57 / SR-60 Kellogg Interchange (“Confusion Corner”) crashes

The Kellogg Interchange where SR-57 (Orange Freeway) meets SR-60 (Pomona Freeway) on the southwest edge of Pomona is one of the most congested freeway-to-freeway junctions in Southern California. The 2024-2027 SR-57/SR-60 Confluence Project is rebuilding ramps and adding auxiliary lanes; construction-zone crashes (rear-end on stopped traffic, lane-shift collisions through cone-tapered work zones, sideswipes during night paving operations) sit on top of the normal interchange crash pattern. We handle these as construction-zone cases under Vehicle Code 22350 (basic speed law adjusted for conditions) and contractor / Caltrans premises duties where signage or traffic-control failures contributed.

4. SR-71 (Chino Valley Freeway) crashes at the SR-60 terminus

SR-71 begins at SR-60 in Pomona and runs south to Corona. Northbound SR-71 traffic merges into SR-60 westbound through a curving connector that produces frequent lane-departure and rear-end crashes when drivers misjudge speed. We handle these as standard freeway negligence cases with CHP (525) Baldwin Park as the reporting agency and an emphasis on event data recorder (EDR) downloads where speed is contested.

5. Commercial truck and warehouse-corridor crashes

Pomona sits between the Ports of Los Angeles / Long Beach and the Inland Empire’s warehouse complex, and the I-10 / SR-60 / SR-71 stack is one of the primary drayage routes. Big-rig crashes here typically implicate Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (49 CFR Parts 350-399), driver-hour-of-service limits (49 CFR 395), and brake / tire / load-securement violations. We pull the driver’s logs, vehicle inspection reports, electronic logging device (ELD) data, and carrier safety rating from the FMCSA SAFER system. Multiple defendants are typical: the driver, the carrier, the broker, the shipper, and the trailer owner.

6. Rideshare (Uber / Lyft) crashes

Uber and Lyft pickups and drop-offs cluster around the Fairplex during LA County Fair season, Cal Poly Pomona campus, and the dA Center for the Arts (former Pomona Mall) downtown arts district. We handle injured passenger, injured pedestrian, and injured third-party cases under Public Utilities Code 5430-5440 (TNC regulations). Period 1 (app on, no ride) requires the driver’s personal $50,000/$100,000/$30,000 policy plus the TNC’s $200,000 excess. Periods 2 and 3 (en route or with passenger) trigger $1,000,000 of TNC third-party liability under PU Code 5433(b)(1). Period 3 UM/UIM was reduced from $1,000,000 to $60,000/$300,000 effective January 1, 2026 by SB 371. See our Uber accident and Lyft accident pages for the full framework.

7. Pedestrian and bicycle crashes on Holt Avenue, Garey Avenue, Mission Boulevard

Holt Avenue (Historic Route 66 through Pomona), Garey Avenue, Mission Boulevard, Indian Hill Boulevard, and Foothill Boulevard are the city’s high-injury arterials. We handle pedestrian-struck cases under Vehicle Code 21950 (driver’s duty to yield in any marked or unmarked crosswalk and to exercise due care for any pedestrian regardless of crosswalk), CVC 21954 (pedestrian outside crosswalk), and CVC 21955 (between adjacent intersections with signals). AB 2147 (effective January 1, 2023) amended CVC 21950(e), 21954(c), and 21955(b) to add the peace-officer immediate-danger enforcement limitation. Bicycle cases use CVC 21760 (the Three Feet for Safety Act, as amended by AB 1909 effective 1/1/2023 to require a lane change when another lane is available) and CVC 21202 (right-side riding exceptions).

8. Motorcycle crashes through the freeway interchanges

Pomona motorcyclists are exposed at the SR-57/SR-60 Kellogg Interchange, the SR-71 northbound merge into SR-60, and the I-10 ramp queues. Lane-splitting is legal in California under Vehicle Code 21658.1, but other drivers do not always anticipate it. We handle these cases on a comparative-fault basis (Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975) 13 Cal.3d 804) and pursue the at-fault driver, the at-fault carrier (where a commercial vehicle is involved), and any UM/UIM coverage on the rider’s own policy. Helmet use is required under CVC 27803 – non-compliance can affect damages but does not bar liability.

9. DUI, hit-and-run, and wrongful death

Pomona has seen high-profile DUI and hit-and-run fatalities documented through Pomona PD and LA County District Attorney filings – including the April 1, 2026 pursuit-crash on Mission Boulevard where Marshall Judson was charged with three counts of murder after killing Marco Trejo Saldivar (26) and Jennifer Loera-Zarco (25, pregnant). We handle DUI cases under Vehicle Code 23152(a)/(b) and pursue punitive damages where the conduct is egregious (Taylor v. Superior Court (1979) 24 Cal.3d 890). Hit-and-run cases use CVC 20001 (injury / death) and CVC 20002 (property damage only) and trigger UM/UIM recovery under Insurance Code 11580.2. Wrongful death claims belong to the surviving spouse, domestic partner, and children under CCP 377.60 and run on the standard CCP 335.1 two-year statute of limitations. See our wrongful death page for the full standing and damages framework.

Yaghmai Law Firm, APC represents people injured in car accidents inside Pomona and across the East San Gabriel Valley. The freeway geometry that defines a Pomona crash is unlike any other part of LA County: the SR-57 / SR-60 Kellogg Interchange on the southwest edge of the city is one of the most congested freeway-to-freeway junctions in California, SR-71 originates at SR-60 in Pomona and runs south to Corona, SR-60 is named after Pomona for a reason, and I-10 crosses the city east-west carrying both commuter and warehouse-corridor freight. Every Pomona freeway crash is investigated by California Highway Patrol (525) Baldwin Park (Southern Division) at 14039 Francisquito Avenue, not by Pomona Police.

Surface street crashes inside the city are investigated by Pomona Police Department under Chief Michael Ellis at 490 W. Mission Boulevard. Holt Avenue (Historic Route 66 through downtown Pomona), Garey Avenue, Mission Boulevard, Indian Hill Boulevard, and Foothill Boulevard form the city’s high-injury arterial network. Pomona crash victims who require trauma care are stabilized at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center at 1798 N. Garey Avenue – the Los Angeles County-designated, ACS-verified Level II Trauma Center that serves the entire East San Gabriel Valley and is the largest non-county trauma center in LA County. Polytrauma transfers are uncommon because PVHMC handles the case in-house. Fatal-crash autopsies are performed by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner – the civilian forensics agency that dropped ‘Coroner’ from its name in 2024 to reinforce its independence from law enforcement.

Civil personal injury lawsuits arising from Pomona crashes are filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court Pomona Courthouse South in the East District at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766. Civil unlimited matters are heard in Department O. We are a remote-first firm: we do not require office visits, we communicate by phone, text, and online, and we work Pomona cases with the institutional knowledge of the agencies, courts, hospitals, and freeway geometry that shape every claim.

California Law That Affects Your Pomona Car Accident Claim

Your Pomona crash claim is governed by California’s two-year statute of limitations under Code of Civil Procedure Section 335.1. Miss it and the claim is gone – there are limited exceptions (delayed-discovery rule, plaintiff minority, defendant out of state under CCP 351), and none of them are forgiving. If a government entity is implicated – a Caltrans roadway-design failure on SR-60 or the SR-57/SR-60 interchange, a Pomona city street design defect under Government Code 835, a city or county vehicle in the crash – you have six months from the date of the crash to file a government tort claim under Government Code 911.2 before you can even file the lawsuit. The 911.2 deadline is jurisdictional – blowing it is fatal.

Liability for an ordinary two-car collision runs on the comparative-fault rule from Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975) 13 Cal.3d 804 – your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault but not eliminated unless you are 100% responsible. Speed cases use Vehicle Code 22350 (the basic speed law – never drive faster than safe for conditions) instead of, or alongside, posted limits. Following too closely uses CVC 21703. Unsafe lane changes use CVC 22107. DUI uses CVC 23152(a) / (b) and supports punitive damages where the conduct is egregious under Taylor v. Superior Court (1979) 24 Cal.3d 890. Hit-and-run uses CVC 20001 (injury or death) and CVC 20002 (property damage only) and triggers UM/UIM under Insurance Code 11580.2.

Every driver involved in a California crash with property damage over $1,000 or any injury must report it to the DMV within 10 days using form SR-1 (CVC 16000). Failing to file the SR-1 can suspend the driver’s license. We pull the SR-1 record alongside the CHP 555 or Pomona PD traffic collision report when working up the case. Insurance Code 11580.2 requires UM coverage to be offered with every California auto policy unless the named insured rejected it in writing – we ask for the rejection form on every case where the at-fault driver is uninsured or underinsured. Proposition 213, codified at Civil Code 3333.4, bars non-economic damages for an uninsured driver or an at-fault DUI driver – we check insurance status on every plaintiff before filing.

What Your Pomona Car Accident Case Might Be Worth

Case value in a Pomona crash depends on the combination of medical billing, wage loss, future medical needs, future earning capacity, pain and suffering, and (where applicable) punitive damages. Most ordinary two-car crashes resolve on the at-fault driver’s bodily injury policy limits – California minimum is $30,000 per person / $60,000 per accident under CVC 16056 (raised by SB 1107 from the prior $15,000 / $30,000 minimum effective January 1, 2025). For higher-limit cases, we work the bodily injury policy in coordination with any umbrella excess policy, and where applicable, our client’s underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage under Insurance Code 11580.2.

For Pomona truck crashes on I-10 or SR-60, the value floor is typically much higher because federal minimum financial responsibility for interstate motor carriers under 49 CFR 387.9 is $750,000 per incident for general freight and $5,000,000 for hazardous-material carriers. Multiple-defendant truck cases also bring in carrier safety-rating evidence (FMCSA SAFER), driver hour-of-service logs (49 CFR 395), and electronic logging device data, all of which support a higher settlement posture.

Wrongful death cases under CCP 377.60 belong to the surviving spouse, domestic partner, and children. Damages include loss of love, companionship, care, comfort, society, and the economic value of the decedent’s services and financial support – but as of the post-January 1, 2026 rule under CCP 377.34(a), survival actions (the decedent’s own pre-death claim) no longer recover pre-death pain and suffering on newly filed cases.

Local Driving Routes and Hazards in Pomona

Pomona crash patterns concentrate around five specific corridors. Each has its own investigating agency, evidence stream, and litigation posture – listed below.

• I-10 (San Bernardino Freeway) through Pomona – Towne, Garey, Indian Hill, Dudley ramps. I-10 crosses Pomona east-west and is the city’s primary commuter and freight artery. The eastbound queues at Towne Avenue, Garey Avenue, Indian Hill Boulevard, and Dudley Street produce daily rear-end crashes, especially during the afternoon peak when drivers traveling through to the Inland Empire compete with local drivers exiting for downtown Pomona. The I-10 / SR-71 interchange near White Avenue adds lane-change conflict as eastbound traffic splits for SR-71 south to Corona. California Highway Patrol (525) Baldwin Park investigates every freeway crash inside Pomona city limits – not Pomona Police – and the CHP 555 traffic collision report is the starting point for fault and damages.
• SR-57 / SR-60 Kellogg Interchange – the ‘Confusion Corner’. The SR-57 (Orange Freeway) and SR-60 (Pomona Freeway) interchange on the southwest edge of Pomona has been one of the worst freeway-to-freeway junctions in Southern California since the 1980s, with weaving sections shorter than current Caltrans design standards. The 2024-2027 SR-57/SR-60 Confluence Project is rebuilding the ramps and adding auxiliary lanes, which has produced additional construction-zone crash patterns on top of the existing weaving conflict. Drivers should treat lane shifts, cone tapers, and reduced shoulders through the work zone as ordinary hazards under Vehicle Code 22350 (basic speed law adjusted for conditions). The interchange straddles the Pomona / Diamond Bar city line; CHP (525) Baldwin Park investigates regardless of which side the crash occurred on.
• SR-60 (Pomona Freeway) east-west through the warehouse corridor. State Route 60 – named after Pomona – carries warehouse-corridor truck traffic east toward the Inland Empire. The Reservoir Street, Hamilton Boulevard, and SR-71 exits see frequent rear-end pileups when traffic slows for the SR-71 split, and westbound SR-60 narrows toward the SR-57 Kellogg Interchange producing merge-conflict crashes. We pull driver-hour-of-service logs, ELD data, and FMCSA SAFER carrier safety ratings on every truck crash to identify whether the carrier had prior out-of-service violations that should have kept the rig off the road.
• Holt Avenue (Historic Route 66) and the downtown arterial grid. Holt Avenue is Pomona’s Historic Route 66 alignment and remains a high-injury surface arterial through downtown. Garey Avenue, Mission Boulevard, Indian Hill Boulevard, and Foothill Boulevard make up the rest of the high-injury network. Crashes on these arterials are investigated by Pomona Police Department (490 W. Mission Boulevard) under Chief Michael Ellis, not by CHP. We pull the Pomona PD traffic collision report through the Pomona PD records counter or the Online Police Reports portal at pomonaca.gov. Pedestrian and bicycle cases on Holt and Garey are common because of the bus-stop density and the proximity to downtown civic buildings, Western University of Health Sciences, and the dA Center for the Arts.
• Fairplex / LA County Fair area surge traffic – 1101 W McKinley Avenue. The Fairplex sits on 487 acres at 1101 W McKinley Avenue and has hosted the LA County Fair since 1922. Fair traffic produces predictable surges on the surrounding street grid – White Avenue, McKinley Avenue, Arrow Highway, and the I-10 White Avenue offramp queue – during the late summer fair run and during NHRA Auto Club Raceway weekends, the LA County Fair Plex Garden Walk, and major Pomona Fairplex Conference Center events. Out-of-area drivers using GPS routes through unfamiliar neighborhood streets contribute to the surge-traffic crash pattern. Rideshare pickup and drop-off congestion at the Fairplex gates is an additional crash source under Public Utilities Code 5430-5440.

Why Pomona Car Crash Victims Hire Yaghmai Law Firm

Yaghmai Law Firm represents Pomona car crash victims and their families across the entire East San Gabriel Valley. We are a remote-first firm – clients call, text, and meet with us online from anywhere in the city, and we do not require office visits. We answer the phone, return texts the same day, and treat each Pomona case with the institutional knowledge of the agencies, courts, hospitals, and freeway geometry that shape every claim.

“I will not pretend to know what your case is worth on the first call. What I will give you is an honest read on what you are dealing with.”

— Houtan Yaghmai, Esq., President & Managing Attorney

Our PI practice is concentrated on the agencies and venues that touch a Pomona case: California Highway Patrol (525) Baldwin Park (Southern Division) for freeway crashes, Pomona Police Department for surface street crashes, the Los Angeles Superior Court Pomona Courthouse South (East District) for civil PI venue, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center as the ACS-verified Level II trauma center serving the East San Gabriel Valley, and the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner for any fatal-crash autopsy. We work each case as a Pomona case, not as a generic LA County file.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do I file my civil personal injury lawsuit if my Pomona car accident case does not settle?

Civil unlimited personal injury cases arising from Pomona crashes are filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court Pomona Courthouse South (East District) at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, with civil unlimited matters heard in Department O. The East District covers Pomona, Claremont, La Verne, San Dimas, Diamond Bar, Walnut, West Covina, Covina, Glendora, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Industry, and the unincorporated communities of Charter Oak, Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, and South San Jose Hills. We file complaints, manage discovery, and conduct case management conferences at the Pomona courthouse rather than the downtown Stanley Mosk Courthouse. Plaintiff’s depositions happen by Zoom or at our remote-friendly setup – clients do not have to travel to a law office.

My crash was on I-10 in Pomona. Does the Pomona Police Department or California Highway Patrol handle the report?

California Highway Patrol (525) Baldwin Park (Southern Division), at 14039 Francisquito Avenue, Baldwin Park, CA 91706, investigates every freeway collision inside Pomona city limits – I-10, SR-60, SR-57, and SR-71. The CHP 555 traffic collision report (and any supplemental schematic) is the official agency record and what insurance carriers, your medical providers, and our office work from. Pomona Police Department under Chief Michael Ellis at 490 W. Mission Boulevard handles surface street collisions inside Pomona – Holt Avenue, Garey Avenue, Mission Boulevard, Indian Hill Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard, White Avenue, Towne Avenue, and every other non-freeway street. If the crash starts on a surface street and ends on a freeway (or vice versa), the agency that wrote the primary report is usually whichever one arrived first.

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center treated me. Is that a regional trauma center?

Yes. Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center at 1798 N. Garey Avenue is a Designated Level II Trauma Center, designated by Los Angeles County in March 2017 and ACS-verified through 2025. PVHMC is the largest non-county trauma center in LA County and is the primary trauma receiving hospital for the East San Gabriel Valley – including Pomona, Claremont, La Verne, San Dimas, Diamond Bar, Walnut, and the unincorporated communities in the East District. The 412-bed acute care facility includes a helipad for aerial transports and an expanded Emergency Department with 23 additional beds and a 12-bed trauma ICU added during the trauma designation buildout. For most Pomona crash patients, PVHMC is the receiving hospital – polytrauma transfers to Level I are uncommon because PVHMC handles the case in-house.

I was hit by a driver leaving the Fairplex during the LA County Fair. Are there special considerations for fair-traffic crashes?

Yes. Fairplex traffic at 1101 W. McKinley Avenue produces predictable surges on the surrounding street grid during the late summer LA County Fair run, NHRA Auto Club Raceway weekends, and major conference events. The standard surface-street negligence framework still applies (Vehicle Code 22350 basic speed law, CVC 22107 turning movements, CVC 21703 unsafe following distance), but Fairplex events have several wrinkles. Out-of-area drivers using GPS through unfamiliar neighborhood streets create a higher-than-average lane-change and intersection-crash rate. Rideshare pickup and drop-off congestion at the Fairplex gates is an additional crash source under Public Utilities Code 5430-5440. Alcohol service at fair events can support a dram-shop liability theory against the vendor in limited circumstances under Business and Professions Code 25602.1 (obvious intoxication to a person under 21). For commercial vehicles operated by Fairplex contractors, FMCSA-equivalent state safety rules apply.

The crash was on the SR-57 / SR-60 Kellogg Interchange but the other driver lives in Diamond Bar. Where does the case venue?

Under California Code of Civil Procedure 395, venue in a tort case lies in the county where the cause of action arose (where the crash happened) or where the defendant resides. A Kellogg Interchange crash is in Los Angeles County (the interchange straddles the Pomona / Diamond Bar city line, both in LA County), so the case is filed in LA Superior Court. Within LA Superior Court, the East District – Pomona Courthouse South at 400 Civic Center Plaza is the appropriate filing court because the East District serves both Pomona and Diamond Bar. A Diamond Bar defendant does not change venue out of the East District. If the at-fault driver lives in a different county (Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino), the plaintiff can still file in LA County because the cause of action arose there.

The other driver fled after the crash near the Cal Poly Pomona campus on Kellogg Drive. What can I do?

Hit-and-run crashes near the Cal Poly Pomona campus at 1499 Kellogg Drive are investigated by Pomona Police Department for surface-street incidents and by California Highway Patrol (525) Baldwin Park for freeway incidents. Under Vehicle Code 20001 (injury or death) and 20002 (property damage only), the fleeing driver faces criminal charges separate from any civil claim. For your civil case, even if the at-fault driver is never identified, your own auto policy’s uninsured motorist coverage under Insurance Code 11580.2 can be triggered as a phantom-vehicle hit-and-run claim – California requires UM coverage to be offered with every policy unless the named insured rejected it in writing. We pull surrounding business and traffic camera footage (Cal Poly campus security, Kellogg Drive, Temple Avenue) within the first 72 hours – most systems overwrite within 7 to 30 days. We also work with Pomona PD detectives on suspect vehicle identification (paint transfer, debris field analysis, partial plate readers).

Related Personal Injury Practice Areas

We represent Pomona clients in every category of personal injury case. Some of the most common case types are linked below.

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• Los Angeles Wrongful Death Attorney
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Injured across the county line in Chino or Chino Hills? Our Chino personal injury lawyer page covers the SR-71 Chino Valley Freeway and SR-60 corridor with local CHP incident data.

Reviewed by Houtan Yaghmai, Esq., President & Managing Attorney. Admitted to practice law in California (State Bar No. 298487). He represents personal injury and immigration clients statewide.

Last updated: September 10, 2026.