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Woman dies after crash in stolen Edison truck

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The truck hit a power pole and then crashed into a tree on Avenue J near Andale Avenue in Lancaster, sheriff’s officials said. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]
The truck hit a power pole and then crashed into a tree on Avenue J near Andale Avenue in Lancaster, sheriff’s officials said. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]
LANCASTER  – A woman died early Wednesday morning after stealing a Southern California Edison truck in Lancaster and then crashing the vehicle about a quarter-mile away, authorities said.

The truck theft took place at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, near the intersection of Avenue J and 5th Street East, according to Sergeant David Jennings of the Lancaster Sheriff Station.

The fatal single-vehicle collision happened just after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, seconds after the truck was stolen, officials said. [LUIS MEZA]
The fatal single-vehicle collision happened just after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, seconds after the truck was stolen, officials said. [LUIS MEZA]
“There was an Edison crew working at J and 5th Street East and they had a utility truck west of the intersection that had a directional trailer warning oncoming traffic to move over,” Jennings said.

“A woman approached… and drove off in that truck at a high rate of speed,” Jennings added.

The woman drove the stolen Ford F450 truck eastbound on Avenue J, and seconds later, the truck ran off the road near Andale Avenue, according to Jennings.

The truck crashed into a power pole and then careened into a tree, Jennings said.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

The unidentified woman is believed to be between 30 and 40 years old, coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said Wednesday afternoon.

No other injuries were reported in connection with the incident.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Lancaster

101 comments for "Woman dies after crash in stolen Edison truck"

  1. The young lady that was killed in this crash was my niece’s mother, she was trying to come to TX to be with her children, she haven’t seen them in 8 years, because of reasons beyond her control, but she is here now and her family can finally put her to rest, for those of you that had something negative to say, first walk in a person’s shoes before you open your mouth, that could have happened to anyone of us.

  2. A see the pale face blue eyed evil DEVILS got their horns showing( like always)
    So none of you evil FOOLS that’s saying “she did it to herself oh well” what if her children
    Read these awful comments?? What happened to have compassion for others? My GOD u people areEVIL!! COLD HEARTED!! This lady is dead and I see LOL on these comments REALLY!!????
    look in the mirror and if you don’t feel ashamed of the mess you post my dear friend YOU r EVIL!
    SO SAD…
    May GOD rest her soul
    My condolences to the family
    May GOD bless US ALL

  3. Tim Scott your tax dollars will not be wasted she will, be back in Texas to be put away peacefully with her daughter having to bury her mother, have some sympathy.What if the shoe was on the other foot.Think before letting negativity come out. No child should have.to bury their parent.

    • She was a beautiful soul a kind and loving person NO ONE knows her pain…RIP DEAR SISTER! DALLAS ONE LOVE 75216

    • Please DONT respond to the hate and negative comments
      Remember they are behind a screen…
      Let evil speak…You can’t stop stupidity! Twisted evil 1sided CUNTS

  4. If anyone wants to donate to help us bury her she has a GOFUNDME account please keep ALL negative comments to yourself because evidently everyone with something negative to say didn’t know her personally but everyone that is sendi their condolences thank you it is greatly appreciated

  5. She was a long way from home. She was a mother, a daughter, a sister, and friend. She had mental issues, and had been battling them for a very long time. No one really knows what happened, but she went from being happy…to being…Regardless, life is hard. I hope her children and family don’t bother to read these comments. My condolences to everyone that knew her. I’ll always remember as she was before things went wrong. Beautiful

  6. So sad, she was a long way from home. She had mental issues, had been battling with them for years. She was such a happy and beautiful person. She was still beautiful but something happened. My condolences go out to children and family. No more worries, the struggle is over. Rest in peace. To all the ones with terrible things to say, I pray that her family doesn’t read these comments…….this world we live in. I pray this is never your reality.

  7. Wow
    I read each and Every one you all TEXT.
    It’s crazy what people do sometimes
    and its even Crazier when folks so wraps in up in their comments and degrading another human being who by their own decision, committed an act that caused her die instantly in such a tragic way.
    Without knowing all the facts of
    WHY she did it?
    What was going on with her at the time?
    What was her mindset?
    What was happening?
    Not knowing anything about her, Some folk seemed to have found pleasure in Venting their gripe about an Act that’s labeled as an criminal offense or to the Fact that this Act offended them More!! I want to Applaud those that defended the fact that she was a human being, a young lady that has died a horrid death, just look at that Truck.
    That was a horrible accident and WHAT was her last thoughts?
    her last reactions to the that truck losing control and then crashing into that tree?
    We don’t know and probably can’t even imagine?
    My Questions?
    None of that should even matter to the point that you had to publicize YOUR insensitive comments.

    O well…… I will let this go and not find myself making remarks about how and what I would like to say you……and you ALL Know who you are and what I should say to gour response.
    However Let’s Be Grateful from both sides for FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

    THIS YOUNG LADY IS MY NIECE ..my Grand Niece
    She was sweet very soft spoken girl, (young lady).
    She was a sister, a mother of 2, a new grandmother of grandkid, she had never seen .
    She was Loved dearly by Us, her Family of many here in Texaa.
    She was not from that Area. Why and what was going on for her to be there, We may really Never KNOW! The point is she’s dead! And we her Family, has just Now found out about it thru a phone call after we’ve been tracked down, with the officials tracking for her Next of KIN.

    So in closing, Thanks to All for your condolences, We appreciate your kind words! To the others, I pray that this will NEVER HAPPEN TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW OR LOVE!
    Life is what it is….. God gave us the rights yo make choices, Unfortunately
    We ALL HAVE MADE BAD CHOICES!

    Let the 1st One without Sin
    Cast your 1st Stone!
    Choose this day Whom YOU will Serve
    You will Love One
    And Hate the Other!

    LORD Forgive Us for we all know Not what We HAVE Done!

    Everyday we deal with DIFFERENT Devils on DIFFERENT Levels!

    Lord have MERCY ON US ALL!
    If it had not veen for GOD on our side
    Where would we be?
    Lamb of God who takes away the Sins Of The World
    Have Mercy on Us
    Lamb of God who takes away the Sins of The World
    Grant Us Peace!

    Rest in Peace my sweet lil neeecee!
    We Love you!
    Rest in Peace
    Amen!
    To be absent in the body, is to be present with Lord!
    Thank you Jesus!
    A Healer of Earths Sorrows

    We offer our apologies to those thats been offended and we Thank God that No one else was injured. And that the Lord took her instantly! No more pain.

    • Wow
      I read each and Every one you all TEXT.
      It’s crazy what people do sometimes
      and its even Crazier when folks so wraps in up in their comments and degrading another human being who by their own decision, committed an act that caused her die instantly in such a tragic way.
      Without knowing all the facts of
      WHY she did it?
      What was going on with her at the time?
      What was her mindset?
      What was happening?
      Not knowing anything about her, Some folk seemed to have found pleasure in Venting their gripe about an Act that’s labeled as an criminal offense or to the Fact that this Act offended them More!! I want to Applaud those that defended the fact that she was a human being, a young lady that has died a horrid death, just look at that Truck.
      That was a horrible accident and WHAT was her last thoughts?
      her last reactions to the that truck losing control and then crashing into that tree?
      We don’t know and probably can’t even imagine?
      My Questions?
      None of that should even matter to the point that you had to publicize YOUR insensitive comments.

      O well…… I will let this go and not find myself making remarks about how and what I would like to say you……and you ALL Know who you are and what I should say to gour response.
      However Let’s Be Grateful from both sides for FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

      THIS YOUNG LADY IS MY NIECE ..my Grand Niece
      She was sweet very soft spoken girl, (young lady).
      She was a sister, a mother of 2, a new grandmother of grandkid, she had never seen .
      She was Loved dearly by Us, her Family of many here in Texaa.
      She was not from that Area. Why and what was going on for her to be there, We may really Never KNOW! The point is she’s dead! And we her Family, has just Now found out about it thru a phone call after we’ve been tracked down, with the officials tracking for her Next of KIN.

      So in closing, Thanks to All for your condolences, We appreciate your kind words! To the others, I pray that this will NEVER HAPPEN TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW OR LOVE!
      Life is what it is….. God gave us the rights yo make choices, Unfortunately
      We ALL HAVE MADE BAD CHOICES!

      Let the 1st One without Sin
      Cast your 1st Stone!
      Choose this day Whom YOU will Serve
      You will Love One
      And Hate the Other!

      LORD Forgive Us for we all know Not what We HAVE Done!

      Everyday we deal with DIFFERENT Devils on DIFFERENT Levels!

      Lord have MERCY ON US ALL!
      If it had not veen for GOD on our side
      Where would we be?
      Lamb of God who takes away the Sins Of The World
      Have Mercy on Us
      Lamb of God who takes away the Sins of The World
      Grant Us Peace!

      Rest in Peace my sweet lil neeecee!
      We Love you!
      Rest in Peace
      Amen!
      To be absent in the body, is to be present with Lord!
      Thank you Jesus!
      A Healer of Earths Sorrows

      We offer our apologies to those thats been offended and we Thank God that No one else was injured. And that the Lord took her instantly! No more pain.
      We love YOU
      My Sweet China Doll

      Rest in Peace
      Luv YOU
      Your Aunt Sue

  8. Prayers to her family, May she rest in peace. It’s a sad way to go. I would like to know who it is. Does anybody know?

  9. I just dont understand why people are so mean on theavtimes.com comment section. The AV Times is to inform the public about whats going on in the community not cyber bully, gang bang, or talk about somebody who’s dead. People look at the comment section as an opportunity to just judge people. The only person who can judge us is god. Its sad to know how many people are so judgmental.

    *Peace and love is what we need to spread around, not judgement

  11. Wow! What a way to go, dear lady! I hope that’s the way you wanted it! May you be in realms more pleasant than this one!

  12. Who knows what was going thru this persons mind or what she had been going thru just previous to committing such an act of desperation that almost immediately lead to her ending her life. Purposely or accidently…… it is a tragedy. It never fails to amuse the hell out of me how folks have to twist sh#+ every which way possible….. bad or good……. just to get out of their own problems by focusing on sumone elses. Oh well. The nature of the human race.

  13. U people sticking up for a criminal who jumped in a truck hit the gas and crashed and died need to think how I do. Good riddance lancaster. Bet if she stole ur car u wouldn’t be so compassionate. Is it a trend to be politically correct? It’s getting on my nerves.

    • Thank you for saying that because she was my sister. Not by birth but in love and life. She was a beautiful girl and person that was struck with mental illness when we were in our early 20s. She was a mother, a daughter a sister a cousin and beloved friend! God bless my friend and take care of my beloved friend like none of us could in life!!

    • And maybe if you knew the full story you would have a different mind set so stick your opinion UP YOUR ASS because we lost someone and clearly BITCH you don’t know why and what the motive was

    • First I won’t to say that we all have did something wrong in our life. People in the world have did wrong to me but still I forgive them. My little brother was killed when he was only fifteen years old. The young man that killed him I forgive him because God said if u can forgive u won’t be forgiven. Only God knows what was going on in her life. And for ur information she didn’t steal the truck because the key was in it. So how can u steal something that the key is in r if it’s opened. Thank u very much her Auntie God Bless you

  15. something is very strange about this area and the 14 freeway and ave j in 2000 my son and his friends where celeberating his birthday got ran off road between ave j and k he was not drunk he was supposing driving at a high speed and the ran off road and the power pole fell on car caught a fire they say it was a high speed chase but no where in the police report doe’s it say who was chasing him the other friends where correction guards what is really going on in this area ???? and no no everyone out at that hour is out doing dirty they where coming from a club

    • You are very lucky the trees stopped her from driving into your home. Just a reminder that every day is a blessing.

  17. People do stupid crap everyday….not saying she deserved it, but it happened for a reason. R I P.

  18. I truly CANNOT believe what I have just read…Ye ‘ole souls twitching and moaning about what COULD have been, property being stolen; men working in the cold…criminal activity, scumbags, jaywalker, etc,…Wait a minute; a MEMBER of the HUMAN lost her life…She will not be around to steal anything else…For her tormented soul is at REST…The truck CAN be replaced…The men are STILL with us and can LIVE and WORK another day…For this we are thankful…R.I.P. Dear Lady…May the Prince of Peace welcome you into his kingdom….

    • She chose her path, She was an adult. I can not and will not have sympathy for this person and they do not deserve it. The what if’s could haves are real, these people didn’t ask to be a part of her criminal tirade.

      • You piece of [removed] keep your rude ass comments to yourself !! I don’t even know this lady but everyone makes mistakes & it didn’t deserve her life

  19. What if she would of killed innocent people in that stupid act? Ran into a pole then a tree.could of crashed in someone’s house..she wont be doing that again huh.

    • What if she had stolen a space ship? Or, or, what if the truck had secretly been carrying a thousand pounds of Plutonium dust and irradiated the whole town? Or, hey, how about we deal with what actually happened instead of this “let our imaginations run wild and then hold her responsible for that.”

      • She chose her path, She was an adult. I can not and will not have sympathy for this person and they do not deserve it. Btw that truck had 10lbs of plutonium.

    • OMG I know what she did was wrong but she’s still a person that died! Nobody deserves to die despite theyr actions.

      • Incorrect! To say nobody deserves to die despite their actions, is to say people are no to be held accountable for their actions. Your attitude is a product of weak thinking and cowardice. People are responsible for their actions, and their actions have consequences. She violated the law, she violated the laws of physics. She paid the price. Thankfully no one else was hurt. However condolences to her family, in their loss.

        • You damn [removed] you’re evil and don’t no jack [removed] about my niece. She’s been trying to get back home to her family. And she might have been trying to get away from somebody. Who knows what the reason was so do us all a favor and keep your comments to yourself because you’re not helping. I’m sure the truck that she drove off in the man wish he had took his keys with him.

  21. To Theresa. Yes, a life was lost. A life that would still be had she kept on foot as she had been. How about asking for a ride instead of stealing one? Good people die everyday for reasons uncertain to most. This reason is certain.

  23. what amazes me more than this poor womans actions is the many commments here…. are we all that desensitized???? someone lost their life here!!!!!>????? yes maybe she had mental issues maybe she was just not OK … maybe there was a reason we know nothing about….. HOW can you all judge what happend when you have NO CLUE why it happened. sadly someones (mother, sister, aunt, niece, daughter,) died. for that I am sorry…. anyone that belittles this or makes light of her death has no idea what iti like to lose someone you love…… how sad for all of you.

    • Dear Assumer….I would say its more sad that you took the time to write something like this online. You have no idea if the people posting are trying to make light of a situation that happened in their life. They could have easily have lost their mother/sister/grandma/great grandma, and are using this thread to try and express their grief in different ways. Its beyond ignorant to think that these comments aren’t a stress relief to those of us that have different methods of coping. You’re a monster who lacks sensitivity and the ability to see things outside of your own point of view. Dump the ice water that runs through your varicose veins and put yourself on the donor list for a new heart you insensitive female chauvinist.

      • Jon, Your comment makes no sense. Since you used “SJW” in a derogatory manor, I can only assume you don’t see any need to try to understand other viewpoints to begin with, and are using the typical “You have to tolerate my intolerance!” argument. Its a poor argument, and you should feel bad for using it.

    • Lost her life based on a freedom of choice….she made a poor choice and the consequnces caught her….. but she did make the choice on her own

    • Perhaps we are desensitized because crap like this happens so frequently. I feel for those who loved her, but I have no sympathy for her. She made a very bad choice and GOD struck her down for it!

      • Andrew… Thank you for telling it like it is! Race? Gender? Religion? Doesn’t matter. She was of the human race. A poor decision ultimately coat her her life. And, yes, we can all say thank God she didn’t kill someone else. Well, that is irrelevant now. May her soul rest in peace and may any family she has find a way to make sense of it and find their own path to healing.

  26. oh wow not to make lite of the situation but she didn’t get far did she. shaking my head.
    Lights Out for her that’s for sure

  27. Wow!!! More of our tax dollars. What type of person is out there roaming the streets at 1:30 am?

      • whos going to pay for it Jeff? Money doesn’t grow on trees. I am surprised you were so quick to concede. Do you just agree with anything you don’t understand ?

        • California Edison is a private company, none of your tax dollars will go to the cost of this truck. None.

        • Who conceded? I just don’t want to argue with someone that thinks just because the government bails every low life, lazy, welfare abusing person who doesn’t want to work, doesn’t mean they pay for everything. Southern California Edison is a privately owned utility. But please enlighten me more on how the government will pay for this cause I’d love to hear your twisted reality.

    • A drunk one on their way home that saw a running vehicle and thought it was a gift from an angel, probably.

      Very few good decisions are made at 1:30 in the morning.

    • The truck belongs to Edison not the government. Edison will have to purchase a new truck. That is what insurance is for. In the end, I’m sure Edison will try to recoup the loss from the estate of the woman who died. Just as if this happened to an individual. You would have your insurance company negotiate reimbursement from the party who stole and wrecked your vehicle.

  29. Several douches left to go!!
    Obviously you inconsiderate poor excuse of a human are next!
    Please make it fast

  32. Oh wow! So sad! Do the keys have to remain in the truck in order for the flashing sign to stay on?

    • The arrow board is self-powered with it’s on batteries or small engine. The keys should not have been left in the truck. However she still shouldn’t have tried to steal it in the first place.

      • Anon, you must not know about the radio in the truck, or go light on top of the truck. Depending on if the battery is in good condition, you might have to leave the truck running.

      • Anon, you must not know about the radio inside the truck that must be on to have contact with the switching center or beacons. The fact is, if these things are running for an extended period of time the battery will die.

        • Not to mention hydraulic tools and such they might have also been using to do their job. The truck has to be running for those to work. Warning lights will drain the battery as will the radio as stated above.

    • Sad? It is sad that we live in a town where people feel pity for Criminals. This crazy person almost could have killed those guys. Men who were out in the cold and the rain two other suspended in the air serving this community and trying to restore power to residents who with out electricity or heat for over 7 hours at that point. Sad? What is sad is that you would feel pity for her instead of thanking the crew busting their A$$e$ serving this community.

      • I agree with you 100%! We forget the hero’s in this dumpy place TRYING to clean up and repair things! Just like all the pity for the jaywalkers in this town! I see arrogance, slobs and stupidity all over this town every single day. It hurts my heart

      • Well, she is dead, so I personally find it hard to stay mad at her…but you go ahead and boil away there Fed Up, I’m sure it will make you feel better. The adversities of others often do that for jerks.

        • Hard not to boil when you know the people who were nearly killed by her [removed] life choices! Stop sympathizing with criminals! If people would start recognizing that every choice we make in life has a direct consequence and stop making excuses this world would look very different. It is unfortunate for the people who cared for that person that she is gone. How much worse would it have been if she took one of those men with her. Accountability, not sympathy and sometimes anger is justified!

          • “sometimes anger is justified”

            What point is there in being angry at someone who is dead? Please Fed Up, tell me what good comes of that. Other than feeding your self image as the grand arbiter of justice, of course. I already see that it does that for you.

        • @Tim Scott, I don’t always 100% agree with you, but I appreciate your well thought out comments. You are very well spoken (or should it be well written?) and often with a healthy dose of humor. You should write articles/editorials for a living… I’d read them :-)

          • Thanks. I actually write fiction when I write for publication, but I appreciate the kind words.

          • Depends. If he came out with some sort of “death penalty for her, no trial required, I don’t want my taxpayer dollars wasted on her” nonsense probably not. But maybe he would have come up with something more sensible. One never knows.

      • Poor thing… LOL! Seems like someone is always trying to excuse the scumbags! Any consideration for the employee(s) that were or could have been injured or killed. That were away from their families, wet & cold to serve others?
        I believe the keys need to be in the vehicle to keep the beacon (flashing orange) lights on, the computers on and the radio on to be able to call for help if an emergency were to occur!

        Thanks for your service!

      • Fed Up, you’re 100% right! Those guys are out the in the rain and cold so all of us can sit in our warm homes. I’m sick of people feeling sorry for criminals.

    • Anon, you must not know about the radio inside the truck that must be on to have contact with the switching center or beacons. The fact is, if these things are running for an extended period of time the battery will die.

      • Who cares about the radio in the truck? And who even cares that they left the keys in the truck and that is how it was stolen.

        She STOLE the truck. If I leave the keys in my car I should come back to my car still being there as it is reasonable to expect that people SHOULD NOT and WOULD NOT steal someone’s property. (I know that this is not the case however).

        Instant Karma it doesn’t get better then that.

    • There are many reasons that the keys may have been left in the truck. That truck may have to be moved quickly in an emergency situation and the crew doesn’t need to be running around looking for who has the keys. The truck is not unattended, the crew is right there on the site and there is a foreman as well. When some crazy fool decides to do something like this you can’t really blame anyone but the nut case that killed herself. Everybody wants to blame somebody else for bad behavior these days. How about some personal responsibility?