MOJAVE \u2013 A 16-year-old Mojave High School student was struck and killed by a car while walking to school Monday morning, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The incident happened around 6:55 a.m. on Business Route 58, east of Leslie Street, according to a California Highway Patrol report.<\/p>\n
Raven Crystal Knight<\/strong> and her 12-year-old brother were crossing the road in a marked crosswalk when Raven was struck by a 2007 Toyota Corolla driving in the No. 1 eastbound traffic lane. Raven died of her injuries at the scene. Her 12-year-old brother was not injured.<\/p>\n The Toyota\u2019s driver, 51-year-old Meixing Lu<\/strong> of Artesia, was not injured in the collision, and alcohol or drugs do not appear to be a factor, according to CHP officials.<\/p>\n The investigation is continuing.<\/p>\n The California Highway Patrol would like to remind motorists to stay aware of pedestrians anytime they are walking in a crosswalk or near the road.\u00a0 Pedestrians should also be reminded to wear light color clothing, remain visible to motorists, and be aware of vehicles as you walk along a roadway, or cross a roadway.\u00a0 Pedestrians are urged to remember that a driver of a vehicle does not always see a pedestrian, and a pedestrian is no match for a motor vehicle in the event of a collision.<\/p>\n (Information via press release from CHP Mohave.)<\/em><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MOJAVE \u2013 A 16-year-old Mojave High School student was struck and killed by a car while walking to school Monday morning, authorities said. The incident happened around 6:55 a.m. on Business Route 58, east of Leslie Street, according to a California Highway Patrol report. Raven Crystal Knight and her 12-year-old brother were crossing the road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45866"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}