{"id":42378,"date":"2013-09-01T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=42378"},"modified":"2013-09-01T15:10:46","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T22:10:46","slug":"driver-hits-injures-two-teens-at-deadly-palmdale-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/09\/01\/driver-hits-injures-two-teens-at-deadly-palmdale-intersection\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver hits, injures two teens at deadly Palmdale intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The injury collision happened on Avenue R at the intersection of 55th Street East. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 A 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were injured Saturday night when they were hit by a car while crossing a street in Palmdale, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The collision happened around 7:35 p.m. Saturday on Avenue R at 55th Street East, the same intersection where an 18-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed by a school bus in March.<\/p>\n

In Saturday\u2019s incident, three pedestrians (whose names were withheld because they are minors) were crossing south in a marked crosswalk on Avenue R, on the western side of the intersection, according to Detective Jeff Perkins of the Palmdale Sheriff Station.<\/p>\n

The youngsters had almost completely crossed the street when two of them were struck by a 1999 Chevy Corvette, Perkins stated.<\/p>\n

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The 13-year-old girl was transported to a local hospital, while the 14-year-old boy was airlifted to a Los Angeles hospital in critical condition. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 14-year-old Palmdale boy suffered major trauma and was airlifted to Children\u2019s Hospital in Los Angeles in critical condition.\u00a0 The 13-year-old girl, a Panorama City resident, was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital Medical Center with a laceration to her right leg.<\/p>\n

The Corvette\u2019s driver, 55-year-old Rita Stillman<\/strong> of Palmdale, was not injured in the collision.<\/p>\n

The incident remains under investigation by the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station Traffic Detail.<\/p>\n

The crash site is the same intersection where 18-year-old Michael Valenzuela<\/strong> was struck and killed on March 25.<\/p>\n

Valenzuela was riding his bicycle southbound on 55th Street East, on his way to soccer practice, when he was struck by school bus filled with students that was traveling westbound on Avenue R. Valenzuela died a short time later at the hospital.<\/p>\n

That collision prompted the Palmdale Youth Soccer League to petition the city of Palmdale to install a traffic light at the deadly intersection.<\/p>\n

At the time, city officials said a plan was already in the works to install a traffic light, and the project should be completed in the spring of 2014.<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

CHP seeking witnesses in fatal school bus crash<\/a><\/p>\n

Loved ones remember teen hit by school bus<\/a><\/p>\n

Palmdale School District statement on fatal school bus crash<\/a><\/p>\n

Teen hit by school bus dies from injuries<\/a><\/p>\n

Editor’s note<\/span>: As of Saturday night, the boy was in critical condition. However, we were unable to get the status of his condition Sunday morning. We will update this story with information as it becomes available. If you are a family member and are aware of the 14-year-old’s condition, please send an email to editor@theavtimes.com. Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PALMDALE \u2013 A 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were injured Saturday night when they were hit by a car while crossing a street in Palmdale, authorities said. The collision happened around 7:35 p.m. Saturday on Avenue R at 55th Street East, the same intersection where an 18-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed by a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":42380,"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\/42378"}],"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=42378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}