{"id":62466,"date":"2015-04-12T10:53:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T17:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=62466"},"modified":"2015-04-12T13:28:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T20:28:39","slug":"woman-in-wheelchair-struck-killed-by-car-in-lancaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/04\/12\/woman-in-wheelchair-struck-killed-by-car-in-lancaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman in wheelchair struck, killed by car in Lancaster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The fatal collision happened around 7:53 p.m. Saturday, April 11, on Sierra Highway south of Avenue J-2, sheriff’s officials said. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A woman in a motorized wheelchair was struck and killed by a car in Lancaster Saturday night, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The fatal collision happened around 7:53 p.m. Saturday, April 11, on Sierra Highway south of Avenue J-2, according to Sgt. Metten of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n

Preliminary information gathered at the scene revealed that a car traveling southbound on Sierra Highway in the No. 2 lane struck a pedestrian in a motorized wheelchair that was also traveling southbound on Sierra Highway and was within the No. 2 lane, according to Metten.<\/p>\n

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The female driver remained at the location, and speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the collision, sheriff’s officials said. (LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The driver did not see the pedestrian until just prior to impact, and speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in this collision, sheriff\u2019s officials said.<\/p>\n

The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

She had been staying at the Townhouse Motel, located about a block away from where the collision occurred, her friends said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know her. This is my regular customer,\u201d said Upali DeSilva, the motel\u2019s general manager.<\/p>\n

Distraught friends gathered at the collision scene said the 30-year-old woman had been in a car accident about two years ago that left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n

Her name has not yet been released pending next of kin notification, coroner\u2019s officials said Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

The incident remains under investigation by traffic detectives from the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 A woman in a motorized wheelchair was struck and killed by a car in Lancaster Saturday night, authorities said. The fatal collision happened around 7:53 p.m. Saturday, April 11, on Sierra Highway south of Avenue J-2, according to Sgt. Metten of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station. Preliminary information gathered at the scene revealed that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62470,"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\/62466"}],"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=62466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}