{"id":16270,"date":"2012-07-02T14:02:53","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T21:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=16270"},"modified":"2012-07-05T08:51:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T15:51:19","slug":"driver-dies-in-collision-with-big-rig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/07\/02\/driver-dies-in-collision-with-big-rig\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Driver ID&#8217;d in fatal collision with big rig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANTELOPE VALLEY \u2013 A 29-year-old Palmdale man was killed early this morning (July 2), after he ran a stop sign and was broadsided by a big rig tractor trailer, according to a California Highway Patrol Report.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal collision happened around 6 a.m., on SR-138 (Avenue D) and 110<sup>th<\/sup> Street West.<\/p>\n<p>The Palmdale man was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado northbound on 110<sup>th<\/sup> Street West, approaching SR-138 (Avenue D), at an unknown rate of speed.<\/p>\n<p>For unknown reasons, the man failed to stop for the posted stop sign at SR-138, the CHP report states. His vehicle was struck, broadside, by a 2007 Freightliner that was traveling eastbound on SR-138.<\/p>\n<p>The man sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on scene by Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Freightliner, 54-year-old <strong>Tomas Sanchez<\/strong>, was transported by ground ambulance to Antelope Valley Hospital with minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATED 7\/3\/2012<\/span>: The deceased driver has been identified as 29-year-old <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Christopher Paul Carrol<\/span> of Palmdale, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner&#8217;s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Editor&#8217;s Note<\/span>: All comments on this story have been removed and commenting has been closed to honor a request from family members of Christopher Paul Carrol. We regret the hurt that we have caused to family members due to previously published comments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANTELOPE VALLEY \u2013 A 29-year-old Palmdale man was killed early this morning (July 2), after he ran a stop sign and was broadsided by a big rig tractor trailer, according to a California Highway Patrol Report. The fatal collision happened around 6 a.m., on SR-138 (Avenue D) and 110th Street West. The Palmdale man was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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\/16270"}],"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=16270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}