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Driver killed in single-vehicle crash in Acton area; passenger hospitalized

by The AV Times Staff • September 21, 2020

ACTON – A motorist died Sunday night after the car he was driving crashed off the side of the southbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in the Acton area, leaving his passenger hospitalized.

“Alcohol (and/or) drugs are suspected to be a factor” in the single-vehicle collision, which happened around 8:50 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, on southbound State Route 14, south of Mountain Springs Road, according to a California Highway Patrol report.

Allen Gaitan, 41, of Palmdale, was driving a 1995 Toyota Corolla southbound on SR-14 when, for an unknown reason, he steered the vehicle “in a westerly direction across the right shoulder and off the roadway,” the CHP report states.

According to the CHP, the car crashed off the side of the freeway, went down an embankment onto Forest View Road — which parallels the freeway — and then went off the roadway and hit a chain-link fence.

Allen Gaitan was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the CHP.

A passenger in the vehicle, 30-year-old Mitch Gaitan of Palmdale, sustained major injuries and was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital, the CHP report states.

“This is the 28th person killed so far this year in the CHP Antelope Valley jurisdiction (SR-14 and unincorporated Los Angeles County),” the CHP report states.

Anyone with information regarding this crash is encouraged to contact Officer S. Breen at the CHP Antelope Valley area office at 661-948-8541.

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Filed Under: Acton, Crime/ Safety, Home, Palmdale

2 comments for "Driver killed in single-vehicle crash in Acton area; passenger hospitalized"

  1. Ejected says

    September 22, 2020 at 12:26 am

    “Alcohol (and/or) drugs are suspected…”

    Allen won’t be doing that anymore.

  2. Crossroads says

    September 21, 2020 at 8:15 pm

    Any person driving to and thru the 14 freeway is just ridiculous how many accidents and fatalities because of ignorant drivers if not texting then driving drunk and high that’s the real pandemic happening next time you drive on the 14 just pay attention to the idiots driving and texting plus speeding with no sense of direction just in a rush to there Death

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