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Man dies from injuries suffered in possible street racing crash in Palmdale [updated]

by City News Service • April 12, 2019

PALMDALE – A man in his 20s died at a hospital Thursday night from injuries suffered in a single-vehicle crash in Palmdale that authorities said may have been the result of street racing.

Deputies responded to a crash at the intersection of Rayburn Road and Tierra Subida Avenue around 11 p.m. Thursday, April 11, and found a 2004 Honda Civic that had collided with a light pole, according to Detective Eduardo Saucedo of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Witnesses told investigators a champagne-colored Mercedes traveling northbound on Tierra Subida Avenue made a right turn onto eastbound Rayburn Road at a high rate of speed and seconds later the driver of the Honda attempted the same turn, but slammed into a light pole, Saucedo said.

The Honda driver was taken to a hospital in serious condition, and he was pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m., Saucedo said. His name has not yet been released pending next of kin notification, but he was a 26-year-old man from Palmdale, officials said.

The two vehicles may have been racing prior to the crash, Saucedo said.

A further description of the Mercedes was not released.

The name of the victim was not disclosed.

UPDATE: The deceased has been identified as Zachary Matheson, 26, of Palmdale, according to coroner’s Lt. Nani Cholakians.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Palmdale

1 comment for "Man dies from injuries suffered in possible street racing crash in Palmdale [updated]"

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    April 13, 2019 at 1:57 pm

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