{"id":64820,"date":"2015-07-14T08:55:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T15:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=64820"},"modified":"2015-07-16T18:07:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T01:07:23","slug":"driver-killed-in-lancaster-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/07\/14\/driver-killed-in-lancaster-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver dies after Lancaster crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_64821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64821\" style=\"width: 636px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lancaster-40th-West-single-vehicle-fatal-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64821\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lancaster-40th-West-single-vehicle-fatal-2.jpg\" alt=\"The driver of the truck, the vehicle's sole occupant, was transported to the hospital where he died of his injuries about 35 minutes later, sheriff\u2019s officials said. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)\" width=\"636\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lancaster-40th-West-single-vehicle-fatal-2.jpg 636w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lancaster-40th-West-single-vehicle-fatal-2-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The driver of the truck, the vehicle&#8217;s sole occupant, was transported to the hospital where he died of his injuries about 35 minutes later, sheriff\u2019s officials said. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LANCASTER \u2013 A Lancaster man in his 50s died Monday night after his pickup truck drifted off the roadway and slammed into a light pole and a parked vehicle, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal collision happened around 7:45 p.m. Monday, July 13, on 40<sup>th<\/sup> Street West near Avenue K-14 in Lancaster, according to Lt. David Grall of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The driver] was traveling north on 40<sup>th<\/sup> Street West and for an unknown reason drifted off the roadway and struck a light pole\u2026\u201d Grall said. \u201cIt sheared the pole off, which crushed the passenger compartment of the vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64822\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lancaster-40th-West-single-vehicle-fatal-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64822\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lancaster-40th-West-single-vehicle-fatal-3.jpg\" alt=\"(LUIS MEZA)\" width=\"336\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lancaster-40th-West-single-vehicle-fatal-3.jpg 336w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lancaster-40th-West-single-vehicle-fatal-3-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Investigators at the scene said the pickup truck also struck a parked vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the truck, the vehicle&#8217;s sole occupant, was transported to the hospital where he died of his injuries about 35 minutes later, sheriff\u2019s officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019s name has not yet been released pending next of kin notification, corner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is still under investigation and it is unknown at this point whether speed or alcohol may have played a factor in the collision, sheriff\u2019s officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re asking [for] the public\u2019s help; we don\u2019t have any witnesses to this and there was only one person involved in this,\u201d said Sgt. David Jennings. Anyone with information regarding this collision is encouraged to contact the Traffic Services Division at Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station at 661-948-8466.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 A Lancaster man in his 50s died Monday night after his pickup truck drifted off the roadway and slammed into a light pole and a parked vehicle, authorities said. The fatal collision happened around 7:45 p.m. Monday, July 13, on 40th Street West near Avenue K-14 in Lancaster, according to Lt. David Grall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64823,"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\/64820"}],"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=64820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}