{"id":75129,"date":"2016-12-19T15:11:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T23:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=75129"},"modified":"2016-12-28T11:50:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T19:50:27","slug":"lancaster-man-killed-in-head-on-traffic-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/12\/19\/lancaster-man-killed-in-head-on-traffic-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster man killed in head-on traffic crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-61343\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fatal-crash.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"211\" \/>NEWHALL &#8211; Authorities have not yet identified the driver who died Thursday night after his pickup truck drifted into opposing lanes and caused a three-vehicle collision on Sierra Highway in Newhall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The driver was a 53-year-old man from Lancaster, according to a California Highway Patrol, but his name has not yet been released pending next of kin notification, coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said Monday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fatal collision occurred around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, on Sierra Highway, between Canyon Road and Vasquez Canyon Road, according to a CHP report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lancaster man was driving a 1985 Chevrolet pickup truck southbound on Sierra Highway when the the truck drifted into the northbound lane and sideswiped a \u00a02012 Subaru sedan, the CHP report states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe pickup truck began overturning and veered head-on into the motorhome,\u201d the CHP report states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe driver of the pickup truck was transported to Henry Mayo Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries sustained,\u201d the CHP report states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 40-year-old driver and 66-year-old passenger in the Subaru were transported to Henry Mayo Hospital and treated for minor injuries, according to the CHP report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The motorhome\u2019s driver &#8212; a 40-year-old Palmdale man&#8211; sustained minor injuries and was treated at Henry Mayo Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sierra Highway was temporarily closed during the accident investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWHALL &#8211; Authorities have not yet identified the driver who died Thursday night after his pickup truck drifted into opposing lanes and caused a three-vehicle collision on Sierra Highway in Newhall. The driver was a 53-year-old man from Lancaster, according to a California Highway Patrol, but his name has not yet been released pending next [&hellip;]<\/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":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75129"}],"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=75129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}