{"id":71064,"date":"2016-04-01T14:32:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=71064"},"modified":"2016-04-06T14:42:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T21:42:26","slug":"lancaster-man-killed-in-traffic-crash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/04\/01\/lancaster-man-killed-in-traffic-crash-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster man killed in traffic crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The fatal collision occurred just before midnight on Avenue I at 30th Street East in Lancaster, sheriff’s officials said. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER – A BMW driver died late Thursday night after he allegedly ran a red light, collided with another car and then\u00a0crashed into a traffic pole, authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Johnny Zepeda<\/strong>, 28, of Lancaster was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, according to Lt. Smith of the Los Angeles County Coroner\u2019s Officer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fatal collision occurred around 11:50 p.m. Thursday, March 31, on Avenue I at 30<\/span>th<\/span> Street East in Lancaster, Sgt. David Jennings said at the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The BMW struck a traffic pole and its driver was pronounced dead at the scene. [LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>According to a Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station news release<\/a>, \u201cThe driver of a 2001 BMW was traveling east on Avenue I at a high rate of speed and entered the intersection at 30<\/span>th<\/span> Street East against what witnesses said was a red light. The driver of a 2002 VW was traveling south on 30<\/span>th<\/span> Street East and entered the intersection at Avenue I on a green light. The two vehicles collided in the intersection, causing the BMW to strike a traffic pole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The BMW\u2019s driver [Zepeda] was killed upon impact, investigators said. \u201cThe deceased driver was, according to witnesses, going somewhere between 80 and 100 miles per hour eastbound on Avenue I prior to the collision,\u201d Jennings said at the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

The driver of the VW and her passenger were transported to Antelope Valley Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unknown at this time if alcohol or drugs were a factor,\u201d the news release states. \u201cAny witnesses not already contacted are encouraged to contact the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station Traffic Office [at 661-948-8466].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Editor\u2019s note<\/span>: The Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station news release attached to this article has an incorrect date. The fatal traffic collision actually occurred on March 31, not March 28.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER – A BMW driver died late Thursday night after he allegedly ran a red light, collided with another car and then\u00a0crashed into a traffic pole, authorities said. Johnny Zepeda, 28, of Lancaster was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, according to Lt. Smith of the Los Angeles County Coroner\u2019s Officer. The fatal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71068,"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\/71064"}],"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=71064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}