{"id":68093,"date":"2015-11-19T16:34:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T00:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=68093"},"modified":"2019-01-24T08:58:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T16:58:55","slug":"3-killed-in-palmdale-traffic-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/11\/19\/3-killed-in-palmdale-traffic-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"3 killed in Palmdale traffic crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A motorcycle carrying a passenger [right] struck the back of an SUV and then collided with another motorcycle [left], authorities said. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE – Two men and a woman were killed Wednesday night when the motorcycles they were on collided in Palmdale.<\/p>\n

The crash, which also involved a Toyota SUV, happened around 10:17 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, on 10th<\/sup> Street West near the intersection of Avenue N-8, authorities said.<\/p>\n

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The three occupants of the Toyota SUV suffered no injuries, sheriff’s officials said. [LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>The two men were riding motorcycles northbound on 10th<\/sup> Street West, and one of them was carrying a female passenger, according to Deputy Matthew Davis of the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n

Both motorcycles were behind a Toyota FJ Cruiser that was also northbound on 10th<\/sup> Street West, Davis added.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the motorcyclists lost control and hit the SUV, and then after hitting the SUV, collided with the other motorcycle \u2013 putting both motorcycles in disarray,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne motorcycle tumbled off to the side of the road\u2026 The other motorcycle [carrying the female passenger] slid a great distance,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n

Lancaster residents Zachary Elijah Swensen<\/strong>, 21, and London Chae Ortiz-Stodgell<\/strong>, 20, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter. Both were on the same motorcycle, Winter said.<\/p>\n

The other motorcyclist, 32-year-old Rosamond resident Michael James Cole<\/strong>, was transported to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead, Winter said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll three occupants of the Toyota SUV suffered no injuries,\u201d said Lieutenant Brian Dunn of the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station. \u201cAlcohol was not a factor with the driver of the Toyota SUV.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incident remains under investigation and no further information was available Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE<\/span>: Online fundraisers have been established to cover funeral expenses for the three crash victims. To support the online fundraiser for London and Zachary, visit: https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/veb4gard<\/a>. For Michael Cole, visit https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/u9b5zhck<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PALMDALE – Two men and a woman were killed Wednesday night when the motorcycles they were on collided in Palmdale. The crash, which also involved a Toyota SUV, happened around 10:17 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, on 10th Street West near the intersection of Avenue N-8, authorities said. The two men were riding motorcycles northbound on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68094,"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":[11,1491],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68093"}],"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=68093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}