{"id":73320,"date":"2016-08-25T15:47:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T22:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=73320"},"modified":"2016-09-22T09:07:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T16:07:53","slug":"two-killed-in-palmdale-traffic-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/08\/25\/two-killed-in-palmdale-traffic-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Two killed in Palmdale traffic crash [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Palmdale
Avenue M, between 15th Street East and 20th Street East, was closed until approximately 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, while the fatal collision was being investigated.[Photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE – Two men died early Thursday morning after their vehicle collided with another in Palmdale, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The fatal collision happened around 3:32 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, on Avenue M, between 15th and 20th Street East, according to Detective Eduardo Saucedo of the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe preliminary facts of this investigation indicate a white 2003 Buick Century, driven by a 28-year-old male, was traveling eastbound on Avenue M\u2026 for an unknown reason, it drifted into the westbound lanes,\u201d Saucedo stated in a news release. \u201cThe vehicle then collided with a red 2013 Chevy Silverado, driven by a 34-year-old male, traveling westbound on Avenue M in the No. 1 lane.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA blue Honda Accord… driven by a 49-year-old male collided with the rear portion of the Chevy Silverado,\u201d Saucedo stated in the news release.<\/p>\n

The driver and passenger of the Buick Century were pronounced at the scene, according to Saucedo.<\/p>\n

Both men were in their 20s, but their names have not yet been released pending next of kin notification, coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The other parties involved in the collision were medically evaluated at the scene by Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics.<\/p>\n

The Chevy Silverado\u2019s driver sustained a broken arm and was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital, according to the news release.<\/p>\n

The Honda\u2019s driver sustained minor cuts and bruises but was not transported to the hospital, the news release states.<\/p>\n

Avenue M, between 15th Street East and 20th Street East, was closed until approximately 10 a.m. Thursday while the incident was being investigated. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding this traffic collision is encouraged to call Palmdale Station\u2019s Traffic Department at 661-272-2400.<\/p>\n

UPDATED 8.26.16<\/span>: The deceased driver has been identified as 28-year-old Roland L. Smith Jr. of Lancaster, coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said Friday morning. <\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATED 8.27.16<\/span>: The deceased passenger has been identified as 26-year-old Chijir Erdeneaatar, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PALMDALE – Two men died early Thursday morning after their vehicle collided with another in Palmdale, authorities said. The fatal collision happened around 3:32 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, on Avenue M, between 15th and 20th Street East, according to Detective Eduardo Saucedo of the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station. \u201cThe preliminary facts of this investigation indicate a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73322,"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\/73320"}],"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=73320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}