{"id":15034,"date":"2012-06-19T19:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=15034"},"modified":"2012-06-26T08:39:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T15:39:04","slug":"distracted-driver-crash-causes-hydrant-geyser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/06\/19\/distracted-driver-crash-causes-hydrant-geyser\/","title":{"rendered":"Distracted driver crash causes hydrant geyser"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A car was launched into the air after crashing into a fire hydrant on Sierra Highway Tuesday afternoon. Photo Credit: LUIS MEZA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A driver searching for his wallet veered off the road and crashed into a fire hydrant around 4 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he hit the fire hydrant, he was launched and he landing upside down in his vehicle,\u201d said Lancaster Station Deputy Amos Cisneros. \u201cHe was wearing a seatbelt, which saved his life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The driver walked away from the crash only because he was wearing a seat belt, authorities said. Photo Credit: LUIS MEZA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The collision caused a water geyser on Sierra Highway, just north of Avenue M in Lancaster.<\/p>\n

The driver, whose name was not immediately released, did not sustain any injuries.<\/p>\n

Cisneros said the single-vehicle collision illustrates what happens when drivers take their attention off the roadway, even for a second.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically this accident shows the importance, when you\u2019re driving, of keeping your attention on the task that is at hand,\u201d Cisneros said, \u201cand the importance of wearing your seatbelt in case you do get into a collision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Traffic was affected for about 45 minutes as work crews shut the water off.<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 A driver searching for his wallet veered off the road and crashed into a fire hydrant around 4 p.m. Tuesday. \u201cWhen he hit the fire hydrant, he was launched and he landing upside down in his vehicle,\u201d said Lancaster Station Deputy Amos Cisneros. \u201cHe was wearing a seatbelt, which saved his life.\u201d The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15036,"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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15034"}],"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=15034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}