{"id":12411,"date":"2012-05-06T20:58:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T03:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=12411"},"modified":"2012-06-30T11:47:05","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T18:47:05","slug":"palmdale-woman-dies-in-head-on-collision-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/05\/06\/palmdale-woman-dies-in-head-on-collision-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale woman dies in head-on collision Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANTELOPE VALLEY \u2013 A 57-year-old Palmdale woman was one of two drivers killed Sunday morning after a head-on collision on the 14 Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carolyn A. Ormston<\/strong> died at the Antelope Valley Hospital after the two-car crash. The other driver, a 39-year-old man from San Jacinto, died at the scene. The man has not been identified pending next of kin notification.<\/p>\n<p>The collision occurred around 8:20 a.m., Sunday, May 6, on SR-14, north of Red Rover Mine Road, according to a CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>Ormston was driving a 2004 Cadillac south on SR-14, when she swerved to the left, crossed the dirt median, and ended up in the northbound lanes of SR-14, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>Ormston\u2019s vehicle collided head-on with a 2008 Dodge traveling north on SR-14. The 39-year-old driver of the Dodge was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Ormston\u2019s passenger, 51-year-old <strong>Billie Casey<\/strong> from Los Angeles, sustained major head trauma. She was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital from treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The passenger in the second vehicle, 50-year-old <strong>Donald Cook<\/strong> from Rialto, also sustained head trauma and is being treated at Antelope Valley Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The collision is under investigation. The roadway was blocked until about 1:30 p.m., due to the collision.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Updated 5\/7\/12<\/strong><\/span>: The other driver killed in the head-on collision has been identified as <strong>Ruben James Nieto Jr.<\/strong>, 39, of San Jacinto.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANTELOPE VALLEY \u2013 A 57-year-old Palmdale woman was one of two drivers killed Sunday morning after a head-on collision on the 14 Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. Carolyn A. Ormston died at the Antelope Valley Hospital after the two-car crash. The other driver, a 39-year-old man from San Jacinto, died at the scene. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12411"}],"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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}