{"id":14459,"date":"2012-06-10T01:42:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T08:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=14459"},"modified":"2012-07-03T11:12:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T18:12:06","slug":"driver-dies-in-rear-end-collision-with-big-rig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/06\/10\/driver-dies-in-rear-end-collision-with-big-rig\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver dies in rear-end collision with big rig"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The fatal collision left the Honda Civic partially wedged under the trailer. Photo Credit: LUIS MEZA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Photo Credit: LUIS MEZA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ANTELOPE VALLEY\u00a0 \u2013 A man was killed Saturday afternoon when he lost control of his vehicle on the Antelope Valley Freeway and slammed into a big rig tractor trailer.<\/p>\n

The fatal collision happened around 5:25 p.m., according to a California Highway Patrol Report.<\/p>\n

The man was driving a 2008 Honda Civic northbound in the No. 3 lane at a high rate of speed near the Vista Point, the report states.<\/p>\n

For an unknown reason, the Honda Civic turned to the right, drove over a raised median curb, and crashed into the back of a big rig tractor trailer, the report states.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: LUIS MEZA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The big rig was parked along the east curb of the raised median inside the Lamont Odette Vista Point.<\/p>\n

The collision left the Honda Civic partially wedged under the trailer.<\/p>\n

The driver, who was the sole occupant in the vehicle, died at the scene.<\/p>\n

UPDATED 6\/10\/12<\/span>: The driver of the Honda Civic was Michael\u00a0 John Gonzalez<\/span>, 29, of Santa Clarita<\/strong> according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ANTELOPE VALLEY\u00a0 \u2013 A man was killed Saturday afternoon when he lost control of his vehicle on the Antelope Valley Freeway and slammed into a big rig tractor trailer. The fatal collision happened around 5:25 p.m., according to a California Highway Patrol Report. The man was driving a 2008 Honda Civic northbound in the No. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14461,"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":[10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459"}],"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=14459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}