{"id":68637,"date":"2015-12-12T09:58:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=68637"},"modified":"2015-12-12T10:05:04","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T18:05:04","slug":"video-family-loved-ones-of-man-killed-in-14-freeway-crash-hold-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/12\/12\/video-family-loved-ones-of-man-killed-in-14-freeway-crash-hold-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Family, loved ones of man killed in 14 Freeway crash hold press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-9apfj0jT4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nLANCASTER &#8211; Grieving family members and loved ones of <strong>Luis Antonio Morones Padilla<\/strong> held a press conference Friday, Dec. 11, outside the California Highway Patrol office in Lancaster. They spoke about the Dec. 7 traffic crash that claimed Padilla\u2019s life and they reached out to the community for financial support to bury Padilla and to help provide for the children he left behind this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>The press conference was organized by the community non-profit Agents of Change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here today [Dec. 11] to appeal to the public to make sure that you come out and support us. We\u2019ll be fundraising for the family and for the kids,\u201d said Agents of Change President Dr. Miguel Coronado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are going to give to any charity this season\u2026 please think about this family,\u201d Coronado added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A fundraiser will be held from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 13, at a Lancaster residence<\/strong>, located at 1162 West Ivyton Street. Tacos will be provided, and donations of any amount are welcome.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_68639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68639\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68639\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Luis-Padilla-contributed.jpg\" alt=\"Luis Padilla [contributed]\" width=\"259\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Luis-Padilla-contributed.jpg 259w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Luis-Padilla-contributed-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luis Padilla [contributed]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cPlease rally around this family, they need our support. There are children involved here and we need to do everything that we can to be a blessing to them this holiday season,\u201d said Padilla\u2019s pastor, Kem Gaskin of World Harvest Christian Outreach in Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Padilla died Dec. 7 after losing control of his car on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway. He was thrown from his overturning vehicle and then struck by a big rig and another vehicle. [<a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/12\/07\/lancaster-man-killed-in-14-fwy-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read details of the crash here.<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Padilla had been rushing home to Lancaster to meet his family obligations, according to his fiancee, Karla Pineda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuis was a good father, he was good man. He was trying to get home on time so I could get to work on time, and [he could] take care of the kids\u2026. He texted me, \u2018I\u2019m on my way,\u2019 and of course, he never got home,\u201d Pineda said, through tears.<\/p>\n<p>Padilla\u2019s older sister, Araceli Morones, said they lost their mother only six months ago to lung cancer. The financial burden on the family has been compounded with Padilla\u2019s passing, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Another sister, Janeth Morones, urged the community to support an online fundraiser for Padilla\u2019s funeral expenses. To support this effort, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/7mdt9c4k\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/7mdt9c4k<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Previous related story<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/12\/07\/lancaster-man-killed-in-14-fwy-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lancaster man killed in 14 Freeway crash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; Grieving family members and loved ones of Luis Antonio Morones Padilla held a press conference Friday, Dec. 11, outside the California Highway Patrol office in Lancaster. They spoke about the Dec. 7 traffic crash that claimed Padilla\u2019s life and they reached out to the community for financial support to bury Padilla and to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":68639,"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":[10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68637"}],"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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}