{"id":61698,"date":"2015-03-19T00:39:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T07:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=61698"},"modified":"2015-03-20T01:08:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T08:08:04","slug":"3-car-crash-in-lancaster-injures-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/03\/19\/3-car-crash-in-lancaster-injures-7\/","title":{"rendered":"3-car crash in Lancaster injures 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Maserati was traveling northbound on Challenger Way, and a Chevy Impala and a Ford Fusion were southbound on Challenger Way making a left turn onto eastbound Avenue J-8 when the crash occurred, authorities said. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A three-car crash in Lancaster Wednesday evening injured seven people, including four young pedestrians, ages 2 to 14, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The major traffic collision occurred around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, on Challenger Way at Avenue J-8, according to Sgt. David Jennings of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreliminary information gathered at the scene indicates the driver of a 2010 Maserati was traveling north on Challenger Way when the driver of a 2004 Chevy Impala turned left in front of it, causing a collision,\u201d Jennings stated.<\/p>\n

\"Witnesses<\/a>
Witnesses said the light had just cycled to yellow, so the Maserati had the right of way, according to Sgt. Jennings. (LUIS MEZA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe driver of a 2015 Ford Fusion, who was behind the Impala, struck the Impala after it collided with the Maserati,\u201d Jennings stated.<\/p>\n

The Maserati spun into a traffic signal light pole on the northeast corner and struck four pedestrians who were waiting at the corner\u2013 a 14-year-old boy, a 10-year-old girl, and two 2-year-old girls, according to Jennings.<\/p>\n

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The Maserati struck a 14-year-old boy, a 10-year-old girl and two 2-year-old girls, officials said. An adult with the children was not hit. (LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An adult accompanying the children was not hit by the car, Jennings added.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, the driver of the Maserati is in critical condition, two of the pedestrians have moderate to serious unknown injuries, two of the pedestrians and the drivers of the other two vehicles have minor injuries,\u201d Jennings stated.<\/p>\n

A 31-year-old male driver, a 20-year-old female driver and a 23-year-old male driver were involved in the collision, and none of the vehicles were carrying passengers, according to Jennings. The names of the injured drivers and pedestrians were not released Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

No other details were immediately available.<\/p>\n

This investigation is being handled by the Lancaster Station Traffic Enforcement Team. Anyone who may have witnessed this collision is encouraged to contact traffic investigators at 661-948-8466.<\/p>\n

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UPDATED 3\/19\/15 @ 11:15 am<\/span>: A 31-year-old male was driving the Maserati; a 20-year-old female was driving the Chevy Impala; and a 23-year-old male was driving the Ford Fusion, according to Detective Michael Politano of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station. We will have more details as they become available.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER \u2013 A three-car crash in Lancaster Wednesday evening injured seven people, including four young pedestrians, ages 2 to 14, authorities said. The major traffic collision occurred around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, on Challenger Way at Avenue J-8, according to Sgt. David Jennings of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station. \u201cPreliminary information gathered at the scene […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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\/61698"}],"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=61698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}