{"id":51221,"date":"2014-05-05T09:01:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T16:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=51221"},"modified":"2014-05-05T09:19:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T16:19:26","slug":"crash-claims-lives-of-woman-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/05\/05\/crash-claims-lives-of-woman-toddler\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash claims lives of woman, toddler"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The crash occurred around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, May 3, on Lancaster Boulevard at 25th Street East. (Photo by JOHN MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A Lancaster woman and toddler died after they were thrown from a minivan that collided with a car in east Lancaster Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

Three-year-old Megan Solano<\/strong> died at the hospital Sunday morning and 57-year-old Herminia Espinoza<\/strong> died at the scene of the collision, which occurred around 6:45 p.m. Saturday (May 3) on Lancaster Blvd. at 25th Street East, authorities said.<\/p>\n

\"Witnesses<\/a>
Witnesses at the crash scene told investigators that none of the passengers in the Nissan minivan were wearing seat belts. (JOHN MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Solano and Espinoza were two of six people in a 1994 Nissan Quest that collided with a 2012 Hyundai Sonata, according to Sgt. Dave Jennings of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreliminary information gathered at the scene revealed the driver of a 1994 Nissan Quest traveling south on 25th Street East failed to make a complete stop at Lancaster Blvd., and failed to yield to oncoming traffic,\u201d Jennings stated. \u201cAs the Nissan crossed into Lancaster Blvd., a 2012 Hyundai Sonata traveling east on Lancaster Blvd. collided with it, hitting it on its front passenger door.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Nissan’s front passenger,Herminia Espinoza, was killed immediately, and 3-year-old Megan Solano died at the hospital the next day. (JOHN MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cBoth vehicles left the intersection together and came to rest on a large planter on the southeast corner of Lancaster Blvd and 25th Street East,\u201d Jennings continued.<\/p>\n

Three of the six people in the Nissan minivan were ejected from the vehicle, according to Jennings. Espinoza, the front passenger, was killed immediately; while the driver and toddler were critically injured, with the toddler succumbing to her injuries the next day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe remaining three in the Nissan were also seriously injured,\u201d Jennings stated. \u201cWitnesses at the crash scene indicated none of the Nissan\u2019s passengers were wearing their seatbelts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The driver of the Hyundai was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital with critical injuries, according to Jennings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER \u2013 A Lancaster woman and toddler died after they were thrown from a minivan that collided with a car in east Lancaster Saturday evening. Three-year-old Megan Solano died at the hospital Sunday morning and 57-year-old Herminia Espinoza died at the scene of the collision, which occurred around 6:45 p.m. Saturday (May 3) on Lancaster […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":51224,"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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51221"}],"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=51221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}