{"id":76779,"date":"2017-05-22T11:20:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T18:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=76779"},"modified":"2017-05-25T09:18:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T16:18:48","slug":"teen-killed-in-head-on-crash-in-palmdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2017\/05\/22\/teen-killed-in-head-on-crash-in-palmdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen killed in head-on crash in Palmdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_76781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76781\" style=\"width: 734px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76781\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Teen-driver-headon-fatal-Palmdale-5.20.17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Teen-driver-headon-fatal-Palmdale-5.20.17.jpg 734w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Teen-driver-headon-fatal-Palmdale-5.20.17-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crash occurred at 5:46 a.m. Saturday, May 20, on Sierra Highway just south\u00a0of Avenue O in Palmdale, authorities said. [Photo by JOHN MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PALMDALE &#8211; A teen driver died Saturday morning after his vehicle swerved into the opposing lane and collided with another vehicle, authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Anthony Saavedra<\/strong>, 19, of Palmdale was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which occurred at 5:46 a.m. Saturday, May 20, on Sierra Highway just south\u00a0of Avenue O in Palmdale, said coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_76780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76780\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-76780\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Teen-driver-headon-fatal-Palmdale-5.20.17-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Teen-driver-headon-fatal-Palmdale-5.20.17-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Teen-driver-headon-fatal-Palmdale-5.20.17-1.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[JOHN MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teen was driving a 1998 Honda Accord northbound on Sierra Highway when he collided with a 2008 Toyota Yaris that was traveling southbound on Sierra Highway, according to Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station Detective Boritz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWitnesses claim that the Honda Accord swerved in front of the Toyota Yaris,\u201d Boritz said. \u201cWe\u2019re still investigating how this occurred.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Toyota\u2019s driver, a 49-year-old man, was transported to a local hospital for treatment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt this point we have no information on [whether] drugs and alcohol were a factor,\u201d Boritz said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone who witnessed this collision is encouraged to contact Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station traffic detectives at 661-272-2400.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: The Toyota&#8217;s driver is listed in critical condition, according to a news release from the Palmdale Sheriff&#8217;s Station.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:\u00a0An online fundraiser has been established to benefit Anthony Saavedra\u2019s newborn daughter, who was born just a day after the fatal collision. To donate to this effort, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/3tae1pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/3tae1pc<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; A teen driver died Saturday morning after his vehicle swerved into the opposing lane and collided with another vehicle, authorities said. Anthony Saavedra, 19, of Palmdale was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which occurred at 5:46 a.m. Saturday, May 20, on Sierra Highway just south\u00a0of Avenue O in Palmdale, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76781,"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\/76779"}],"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=76779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}