LANCASTER – Authorities have identified an elderly female driver who died Saturday afternoon in a head-on crash in Lancaster.
She was 76-year-old Eileen Morales of Littlerock, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.
The fatal collision happened around 12:20 p.m. Saturday, March 6, on Avenue J, just east of 70th Street East, according to a California Highway Patrol report.
Morales was driving a 1999 Buick Regal westbound on Avenue J when an eastbound Chevy Impala veered into the westbound lane and both vehicles collided, the CHP report states.
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Morales was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The Impala’s driver — 44-year-old Joshua Dumas of Lancaster — sustained “moderate” injuries and was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital for treatment, according to the CHP report.
“The involvement of alcohol and/or drugs is not suspected,” the CHP report states.
Anyone with information regarding this collision is encouraged to contact Officer C. Borne at the CHP Antelope Valley Area office at 661-948-8541.
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