{"id":101922,"date":"2021-06-07T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T00:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=101922"},"modified":"2021-06-07T17:34:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T00:34:37","slug":"passenger-killed-in-single-vehicle-lancaster-crash-idd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/06\/07\/passenger-killed-in-single-vehicle-lancaster-crash-idd\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger killed in single-vehicle Lancaster crash ID&#8217;d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97506\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fatal-crash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fatal-crash.jpg 499w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fatal-crash-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LANCASTER &#8211; A passenger killed in a single-vehicle crash in Lancaster late Saturday afternoon has been identified.<\/p>\n<p>He was 27-year-old <strong>Leonel Tovar Melgar<\/strong> of Palmdale, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal traffic collision happened around 4:46 p.m. Saturday, June 5, e near the intersection of Avenue K and 17th Street East, according to a news release from the Lancaster Sheriff&#8217;s Station.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-1871400058\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Preliminary investigation indicates a male adult in a Honda was traveling eastbound on Avenue K and reportedly lost control of his vehicle near 17th Street East. The Honda crossed over the raised center median and entered into opposing westbound lanes of travel on Avenue K,&#8221; the news release states.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, whose name was not released, transported to a local hospital for treatment. The extent of his injuries was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>Melgar, the front passenger in the Honda, was pronounced dead at the scene by responding paramedics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cause of the collision is still being investigated. The speed of this collision is still under investigation. It is unknown at this time if alcohol or drugs played a role,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s news release states.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this collision is encouraged to contact the traffic investigators at Lancaster Sheriff Station at 661-948-8466.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; A passenger killed in a single-vehicle crash in Lancaster late Saturday afternoon has been identified. He was 27-year-old Leonel Tovar Melgar of Palmdale, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner&#8217;s Office. The fatal traffic collision happened around 4:46 p.m. Saturday, June 5, e near the intersection of Avenue K and 17th Street East, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}