{"id":39861,"date":"2013-07-15T09:26:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T16:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=39861"},"modified":"2013-07-15T09:27:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T16:27:01","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-suspected-dui-driver-dies-in-separate-weekend-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/07\/15\/motorcyclist-killed-suspected-dui-driver-dies-in-separate-weekend-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed, suspected DUI driver dies in separate weekend crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The crash occured in the intersection of Palmdale Boulevard and 15th Street East. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Ford’s 84-year-old driver stopped at the stop sign before crossing the intersection, authorities said. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 A 26-year-old motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a car in a Palmdale intersection Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Dennis Steven Coreas<\/strong> of Palmdale died at the scene of the collision, which occurred around 7:40 a.m. Sunday on Palmdale Boulevard and 15th Street East, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Coreas was riding a 2007 Yamaha westbound on Palmdale Boulevard when he collided with a Ford Fiesta that pulled out in front of him, according to Deputy Anderson of the Palmdale Sheriff Station\u2019s Traffic Unit.<\/p>\n

The Ford\u2019s 84-year-old driver was headed northbound on 15th<\/sup> Street East.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe stopped at the stop sign, looked both ways, didn\u2019t see anybody coming, proceeded to cross the intersection and was struck by the man on the motorcycle,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

Traffic in the area was blocked for about four hours as authorities investigated the collision.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Single-vehicle crash kills Lancaster man, alcohol suspected<\/strong><\/h3>\n

LAKE HUGHES \u2013 A 47-year-old suspected DUI driver died Saturday night after his car ran off the road, crashed into a fence and a tree and then overturned, authorities said.<\/p>\n

John E. Cubano<\/strong> of Lancaster was pronounced dead at the scene of the single-vehicle collision, which occurred around 7:35 p.m. Saturday on Pine Canyon Road just east of Three Points Road in Lake Hughes, according to a California Highway Patrol report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cubano was driving a 2000 VW Jetta westbound on Pine Canyon Road \u201cwhile under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and at an unsafe speed for the prevailing roadway,\u201d the CHP report states.<\/p>\n

Cubano crossed into the eastbound lane of traffic and then ran off the road onto the dirt shoulder. The Jetta crashed into a dirt embankment before careening into a chain link fence, crashing into a tree and overturning, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n

The Jetta came to rest on its driver, and Cubano sustained fatal injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlcohol appears to be a factor in this collision and will be investigated further,\u201d the CHP report states.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 A 26-year-old motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a car in a Palmdale intersection Sunday morning. Dennis Steven Coreas of Palmdale died at the scene of the collision, which occurred around 7:40 a.m. Sunday on Palmdale Boulevard and 15th Street East, authorities said. Coreas was riding a 2007 Yamaha westbound on Palmdale Boulevard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":39863,"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":[719,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39861"}],"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=39861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}