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Driver killed in Lancaster traffic crash

by The AV Times Staff • May 27, 2019

LANCASTER – Authorities believe speed and alcohol played a factor in a traffic crash in Lancaster Friday night that killed one person.

It happened around 10:52 p.m. Friday, May 24, on Avenue K-12 and 60th Street West, according to a news release from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.

“Preliminary information gathered at the scene revealed a male adult was driving south on 60th Street West swerving in and out of traffic in a mid-size sedan. The driver of the second vehicle, accompanied by two small children, was also south on 60th Street West in a smaller-sized SUV,” the news release states.

“The mid-sized sedan appeared to have rear ended the driver side portion of the small SUV, which caused the SUV to swerve off the roadway and roll
over on the west side of 60th Street West and into a dirt ditch. The driver of the mid-sized vehicle, while still traveling south, lost control of the vehicle [and] the vehicle rolled over at least two or three times before coming to rest on its roof top along the center median south of Avenue K-12,” the news release states.

The driver of the mid-sized sedan was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital where he died of his injuries, according to the news release. His name has not yet been release pending next of kin notification.

Officials did not say what, if any injuries, were sustained by the occupants in the other vehicle (small SUV).

“Speed and alcohol appear to be a primary factor in this collision,” the sheriff’s news release states.

Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact traffic investigators at Lancaster Sheriff Station at 661-948-8466.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Lancaster

6 comments for "Driver killed in Lancaster traffic crash"

  1. Politicians says

    May 29, 2019 at 3:01 pm

    Well see Jerry Brown gave out so many drivers licenses hit-and-runs and accidents are going up

  2. Tom says

    May 28, 2019 at 8:48 pm

    CHP and the Sheriff department really need to start patrolling the far West side of the valley. Every month we hear of accidents from 40th st on farther, because everyone knows you will never see a cop.

  3. Idiots says

    May 28, 2019 at 10:56 am

    Well that’s one less idiot of the road..

    I was driving home Saturday night on the 14 and there was a guy doing over a hundred miles an hour in and out of traffic I hope you didn’t make it very far

  4. Chrlrss says

    May 27, 2019 at 5:37 pm

    Well if he was speeding and/or drunk then good riddance. No loss there. And before you start going on about family and friends they need to look to the family that he hurt and could have killed along with anyone else out on the road that night and try to explain why what he did was okay because he was a good friend, great coworker or loved his family. Obviously he didn’t care about any of them to behave that way. And, again I feel this way if he was either speeding or driving drunk.

  5. Speed and Alcohol says

    May 27, 2019 at 1:59 pm

    That was his last Memorial Day Weekend.

  6. A. Brendan says

    May 27, 2019 at 1:26 pm

    A lot of idiots in the AV love drinking and driving. Smh. Pull your head out of your [removed]

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