{"id":28678,"date":"2013-01-15T13:40:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T21:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=28678"},"modified":"2013-01-17T22:13:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T06:13:16","slug":"lancaster-man-dies-in-crash-with-big-rig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/01\/15\/lancaster-man-dies-in-crash-with-big-rig\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster man dies in crash with big rig"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>ANTELOPE VALLEY \u2013 A 51-year-old Lancaster man was killed Monday after he ran his pickup truck off the road, over-corrected and then collided head-on with a big rig, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Paul W. Rivas<\/strong> died at the scene of the collision, which happened around 10:30 a.m., Monday (Jan. 14) on Highway 138, west of 140th Street West, according to a California Highway Patrol report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rivas was driving a 2001 Dodge Ram pickup truck eastbound on SR-138 at an undetermined speed, when Rivas allowed his vehicle to drift right onto the south dirt shoulder, the report states.<\/p>\n

Rivas overcorrected to the left and ended up in the westbound lane, directly in the path of a 2003 Freightliner 3 axle-dual trailer (big rig), the report states.<\/p>\n

The front end of the big rig collided with the front end of the pickup truck, and Rivas sustained fatal injuries, the report states.<\/p>\n

The big rig driver, 44-year-old Clarence Bonam<\/strong> of Adelanto, complained of pain to his left leg.<\/p>\n

The collision ruptured the big rig\u2019s fuel tanks, releasing about 180 gallons of diesel fuel onto the north dirt shoulder. As a result, Highway 138 was closed for more than six hours in both directions, between 140th Street West and 170th Street West.<\/p>\n

Caltrans responded to assist with traffic control and clean up, and Los Angeles County Health Department personnel responded to coordinate and supervise the diesel fuel spill.<\/p>\n

The roadway was re-opened around 5:30 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

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ANTELOPE VALLEY \u2013 A 51-year-old Lancaster man was killed Monday after he ran his pickup truck off the road, over-corrected and then collided head-on with a big rig, authorities said. Paul W. Rivas died at the scene of the collision, which happened around 10:30 a.m., Monday (Jan. 14) on Highway 138, west of 140th Street […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"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":[10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678"}],"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=28678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}