{"id":31231,"date":"2013-02-17T10:21:45","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T18:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=31231"},"modified":"2013-02-18T15:50:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T23:50:43","slug":"crash-kills-passenger-driver-arrested-for-dui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/02\/17\/crash-kills-passenger-driver-arrested-for-dui\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash kills passenger, driver arrested for DUI"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_31232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31232\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-31232\" alt=\"A 29-year-old passenger was thrown onto the roadway and killed when the driver lost control of his vehicle on the 14 Freeway near Avenue N. The driver was arrested and alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor. (Photos by LUIS MEZA)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal-1024x601.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 29-year-old passenger was thrown onto the roadway and killed Saturday night when a driver lost control of his vehicle on the 14 Freeway, near Avenue N. The driver was arrested and alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor. (Photos by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ANTELOPE VALLEY \u2013 A male passenger is dead and a driver is in custody after a high-speed crash Saturday night, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elder Higueros<\/strong>, 29, of Van Nuys was arrested, and alcohol was believed to be a contributing factor in the single-vehicle collision, which occurred around 9:16 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, just south of Avenue N, according to a California Highway Patrol report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31233 alignleft\" alt=\"14 Fwy fatal1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal1-300x202.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal1.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A preliminary investigation revealed Higueros was speeding northbound on the 14 Freeway, in a 2007 Toyota, when the vehicle drifted off the left side of the roadway onto the dirt median, the CHP report states.<\/p>\n<p>Higueros lost control, and the Toyota careened back across the roadway and plowed through a wood\/metal guardrail on the east road edge. The vehicle continued out of control and traveled up a dirt embankment before flipping onto its side in the No. 3 lane, the CHP report states.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31234 alignleft\" alt=\"14 Fwy fatal2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal2-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/14-Fwy-fatal2.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The front seat passenger was thrown from the vehicle onto the roadway and pronounced dead at the scene, according to CHP officials.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 2 and No. 3 lanes of the 14 Freeway, near the Avenue N exit, were blocked for approximately four hours as CHP personnel investigated the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The collision remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Higueros was booked at the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station around 3:45 a.m. Sunday on $1 million bail.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATED @ 8:15 pm<\/span>:\u00a0The deceased has been identified as 29-year-old <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Joseph Ralph Contreraz<\/span> of Arleta, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANTELOPE VALLEY \u2013 A male passenger is dead and a driver is in custody after a high-speed crash Saturday night, authorities said. Elder Higueros, 29, of Van Nuys was arrested, and alcohol was believed to be a contributing factor in the single-vehicle collision, which occurred around 9:16 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the Antelope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":31232,"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\/31231"}],"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=31231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}