{"id":15110,"date":"2012-06-20T18:53:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T01:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=15110"},"modified":"2012-06-26T08:38:05","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T15:38:05","slug":"elderly-driver-flips-car-off-freeway-into-99-cents-store-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/06\/20\/elderly-driver-flips-car-off-freeway-into-99-cents-store-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly driver flips car off freeway, into 99 Cents store parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An elderly driver made an unsafe turn on the 14 freeway and landed upside down in a 99 Cents Only store parking lot late Wednesday morning, authorities said. Photo Credit: LUIS MEZA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A pair of day laborers helped the woman out her vehicle and called emergency personnel. Photo Credit: LUIS MEZA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 A 91-year-old driver escaped with just minor injuries Wednesday after she drove her car over a freeway shoulder and landing upside down in a 99 Cents Only store parking lot.<\/p>\n

The accident happened around 11:40 a.m. on Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, just south of the Rancho Vista exit, according to California Highway Patrol officer Gil Hernandez.<\/p>\n

He said the woman was driving a 2001 Mercury northbound, in an unknown lane, at about 65 miles per hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor an unknown reason, she made an unsafe turning movement to the right, left the main portion of the freeway and went down the embankment,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n

He said the car struck a chain link fence during the tumble and then landed on its roof.<\/p>\n

\u201cCitizens that were in the area heard the collision and went to her rescue,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n

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

Day laborers, German Mejorada Arrollo and Raul Zavala, said they saw the car fly over the freeway and land upside down.<\/p>\n

The men said they first called 9-1-1 and then rushed to help the elderly driver.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey cut her seat belt off and freed her from the vehicle,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cThey pulled her out and waited for emergency personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hernandez said the woman was transferred to Antelope Valley Hospital for minor to moderate injuries, abrasions and complaints of pain, but is expected to recover.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 A 91-year-old driver escaped with just minor injuries Wednesday after she drove her car over a freeway shoulder and landing upside down in a 99 Cents Only store parking lot. The accident happened around 11:40 a.m. on Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, just south of the Rancho Vista exit, according to California Highway Patrol […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15113,"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\/15110"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}