{"id":73951,"date":"2016-09-23T15:21:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T22:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=73951"},"modified":"2017-07-30T17:22:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T00:22:58","slug":"6-injured-in-head-on-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/09\/23\/6-injured-in-head-on-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"6 injured in head-on collision"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAKE LOS ANGELES – Four adults and two children\u00a0were injured Thursday in a head-on collision that happened after a minivan\u2019s driver attempted to pass a big rig, authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The collision occurred around 2:20 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, on 170th Street East north of Avenue M, according to a California Highway Patrol report.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jamelia Jenkins<\/b>, 37, of Lake Los Angeles, was driving a 1996 Plymouth Voyager northbound on 170th Street East when she \u00a0entered the southbound lane to pass a big rig that had \u201cslowed down due to the poor visibility caused by a dust storm,\u201d the CHP report states.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Voyager collided head-on with a 2006 Nissan Altima that was traveling southbound on 170th Street East, according to the CHP report.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Voyager then sideswiped the big rig.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jamelia Jenkins sustained major injuries and was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital for treatment. Two passengers in the Voyager — 20-year-old <\/span>Jonathan Jenkins<\/b> and 64-year-old <\/span>Earnest Loyd<\/b>, both from Lake Los Angeles — sustained moderate injuries and were transported to Antelope Valley Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nissan Altima\u2019s driver, 26-year-old<\/span> Michael Mora<\/b> of Lancaster, sustained moderate injuries and was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital. Two children in the Altima — a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy — were airlifted to Northridge Hospital with moderate injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rig\u2019s driver, 44-year-old <\/span>Ezequiel Hernandez<\/b> of Corona, was treated at the scene and released.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlcohol and\/or drugs are not suspected to be a factor in this traffic collision,\u201d the CHP report states.<\/span><\/p>\n

The incident remains under investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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LAKE LOS ANGELES – Four adults and two children\u00a0were injured Thursday in a head-on collision that happened after a minivan\u2019s driver attempted to pass a big rig, authorities said. The collision occurred around 2:20 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, on 170th Street East north of Avenue M, according to a California Highway Patrol report. Jamelia Jenkins, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[719,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73951"}],"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=73951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}