{"id":24221,"date":"2012-11-04T14:40:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T22:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=24221"},"modified":"2012-11-06T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T21:32:07","slug":"motorcyclist-hits-freeway-curb-dies-at-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/11\/04\/motorcyclist-hits-freeway-curb-dies-at-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist hits freeway curb, dies at scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24222\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Gayle-Swaim-freeway-collision.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24222\" title=\"Gayle Swaim freeway collision\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Gayle-Swaim-freeway-collision-1024x596.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Gayle-Swaim-freeway-collision-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Gayle-Swaim-freeway-collision-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Gayle-Swaim-freeway-collision.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gayle G. Swaim died after he was thrown from his Yamaha Classic Star Saturday night, when the bike hit a raised curb as it was entering the 14 Freeway from Pearblossom Highway. (Photo by Luis Meza)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ANTELOPE VALLEY \u2013 A 56-year-old Castaic man was killed Saturday night after he lost control of his motorcycle as he was entering the 14 Freeway, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal collision happened around 8:25 p.m. on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, just south of Pearblossom Highway, according to a California Highway Patrol report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gayle G. Swaim<\/strong> was entering the southbound 14 Freeway lanes from Pearblossom Highway, on a 2004 Yamaha Classic Star, when the left foot rest of his bike hit a raised curb causing Swaim to lose control, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcycle fell to its right side, and Swaim was thrown onto the roadway, resulting in fatal injuries, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcycle continued into the southbound No. 2 lane, where it was struck by a 2003 Toyota Camry, driven by 54-year-old <strong>Janet D. Moser<\/strong> of Palmdale, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Moser, who was driving about 65 miles per hour, was not injured in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Swaim, who had been traveling at an undetermined rate of speed, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANTELOPE VALLEY \u2013 A 56-year-old Castaic man was killed Saturday night after he lost control of his motorcycle as he was entering the 14 Freeway, authorities said. The fatal collision happened around 8:25 p.m. on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, just south of Pearblossom Highway, according to a California Highway Patrol report. Gayle G. Swaim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24222,"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\/24221"}],"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=24221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}