{"id":71195,"date":"2016-04-12T09:35:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T16:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=71195"},"modified":"2016-04-15T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T22:29:59","slug":"man-in-critical-condition-after-palmdale-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/04\/12\/man-in-critical-condition-after-palmdale-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in critical condition after Palmdale crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_71198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71198\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71198\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Palmdale-TC-4.11.16-1.jpg\" alt=\"The collision happened around 1:45 p.m. Monday, April 11, on Sierra Highway at the intersection of Avenue Q-12. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]\" width=\"624\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Palmdale-TC-4.11.16-1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Palmdale-TC-4.11.16-1-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The collision happened around 1:45 p.m. Monday, April 11, on Sierra Highway at the intersection of Avenue Q-12. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PALMDALE &#8212; A 68-year-old man is on life support after suffering a severe head injury in a two-vehicle collision in Palmdale Monday afternoon, authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_71199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71199\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71199\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Palmdale-TC-4.11.16-2-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"Both drivers were transported to Antelope Valley Hospital. [LUIS MEZA]\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Palmdale-TC-4.11.16-2-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Palmdale-TC-4.11.16-2.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both drivers were transported to Antelope Valley Hospital. [LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It happened around 1:45 p.m. Monday, April 11, on Sierra Highway at the intersection of Avenue Q-12, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Palmdale-TC-4.11.16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">news release from the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe preliminary facts of this investigation indicate a blue 2011 Honda Accord driven by a 25-year-old male was traveling southbound on Sierra Highway and conducted a left turn from the two-way turn lane and collided with a gray 2006 gray Honda Accord traveling northbound on Sierra Highway in the No. 1 lane,\u201d the news release states. \u201cThe gray Honda Accord was driven by a 68-year-old male.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_71200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71200\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71200\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Palmdale-TC-4.11.16-3-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"Sierra Highway at the intersection of Avenue Q-12 was closed until approximately 5:45 p.m. while the incident was being investigated. [LUIS MEZA]\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Palmdale-TC-4.11.16-3-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Palmdale-TC-4.11.16-3.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sierra Highway at the intersection of Avenue Q-12 was closed until approximately 5:45 p.m. while the incident was being investigated. [LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No passengers were in either vehicle. Both drivers were treated by Los Angeles County Fire Department Paramedics and transferred to Antelope Valley Hospital. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 25-year-old driver sustained a minor cut above his left eyebrow, and \u201cthe 68-year-old remains in critical condition and is on life support,\u201d the news release states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their names were not immediately released. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sierra Highway at the intersection of Avenue Q-12 was closed until approximately 5:45 p.m. while the incident was being investigated. The investigation is ongoing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone with information regarding this traffic collision is encouraged to call Palmdale Station\u2019s Traffic Department at 661-272-2400.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8212; A 68-year-old man is on life support after suffering a severe head injury in a two-vehicle collision in Palmdale Monday afternoon, authorities said. It happened around 1:45 p.m. Monday, April 11, on Sierra Highway at the intersection of Avenue Q-12, according to a news release from the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station. \u201cThe preliminary facts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71199,"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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71195"}],"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=71195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}