{"id":26348,"date":"2012-12-06T23:05:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T07:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=26348"},"modified":"2014-04-15T18:05:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T01:05:56","slug":"lancaster-toddler-killed-by-driver-fleeing-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/12\/06\/lancaster-toddler-killed-by-driver-fleeing-police\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Lancaster toddler killed by driver fleeing police"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 45-year-old man driving this black Toyota ran a red light while fleeing deputies Thursday evening and slammed into blue Lexus, killing a two-year-old girl and critically injuring the girl’s mother. (Photo by NOE VILLEGAS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A two-year-old girl is dead and her mother is clinging to life after the vehicle they were riding in collided with a reckless driver fleeing police, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The fatal collision happened around 4:56 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 6) in the intersection of 10th Street West and Avenue I in Lancaster, according to Lancaster Station Traffic Sergeant Paul Pfrehm.<\/p>\n

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The man surrendered after the crash. (Photo by NOE VILLEGAS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A 37-year-old Lancaster woman was driving a blue Lexus northbound on 10th Street West , when a 45-year-old Palmdale man driving a black Toyota westbound on Avenue I ran a red light and slammed into the woman\u2019s vehicle, Pfrehm said.<\/p>\n

The man had been fleeing deputies at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour at the time of the collision, Pfrehm said.<\/p>\n

He said the brief pursuit began when deputies attempted to stop the man after they spotted him driving recklessly and running a red light on Sierra Highway and Avenue J.<\/p>\n

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The suspect was arrested for felony vehicular manslaughter. (Photo by NOE VILLEGAS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey did not try to pursue at the time because their vehicle didn\u2019t have overhead lights,\u201d Pfrehm said. \u201cThey put it out on the radio that there was a vehicle northbound on Sierra at a high rate of speed, and another unit saw him and got in behind him at about Sierra and [Avenue] I.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pfrehm said the man was running numerous red lights during the pursuit, which continued westbound on Avenue I.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deputies were a considerable distance behind the vehicle when he ran the red light and struck the vehicle in the intersection,\u201d Pfrehm said.<\/p>\n

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It is unknown at this time if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the incident. (Photo by NOE VILLEGAS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The woman and her daughter suffered massive trauma to the upper body, and were transported to the hospital by ambulance, where the child succumbed to her injuries, Pfrehm said.<\/p>\n

The suspect was surrounded by several deputies with guns drawn and a sheriff\u2019s helicopter overhead. He raised his hands out the vehicle in apparent surrender and was handcuffed on the ground by deputies.<\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested for felony vehicular manslaughter and transported to the hospital in serious condition, Pfrehm said.<\/p>\n

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The intersection at 10th Street West and Avenue I was blocked for hours because of the incident. (Photo by NOE VILLEGAS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIf you kill somebody while trying to evade a law enforcement officer in pursuit of you, it\u2019s going to be a vehicular manslaughter charge,\u201d Pfrehm said.<\/p>\n

Pfrehm said the police pursuit lasted less than a minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very short duration pursuit and the sheriff\u2019s vehicle was never close to the suspect\u2019s vehicle,\u201d Pfrehm said. \u201cHe was a considerable distance in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is unknown at this time if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the collision.\u00a0 The suspect\u2019s name and the names of the victims have not been released.<\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s Detectives continue to investigate this fatal collision, and ask if anyone has information regarding this incident, to contact the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station Traffic Enforcement Team at 661-948-8466<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>UPDATED 12\/7\/12 at 12 pm<\/span>: The suspect has been identified as Marvin Hicks of Palmdale. He was released from the hospital last night and is currently in custody in lieu of $1 million bail. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The two-year-old girl who passed away has been identified as Madison Ruano.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Loved ones have created a facebook page to honor Maddie’s memory here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 A two-year-old girl is dead and her mother is clinging to life after the vehicle they were riding in collided with a reckless driver fleeing police, authorities said. The fatal collision happened around 4:56 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 6) in the intersection of 10th Street West and Avenue I in Lancaster, according to Lancaster […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26349,"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":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26348"}],"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=26348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}