{"id":77427,"date":"2017-07-18T13:58:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T20:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=77427"},"modified":"2017-07-21T12:58:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:58:39","slug":"motorcyclist-72-killed-in-crash-with-big-rig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2017\/07\/18\/motorcyclist-72-killed-in-crash-with-big-rig\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist, 72, killed in crash with big rig"},"content":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER – A 72-year-old Lancaster man died Tuesday morning after his motorcycle crashed into a big rig in a local intersection, authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fatal collision happened around 9:18 a.m. Tuesday, July 18, in the intersection of Avenue I and 70th Street East, according to a California Highway Patrol report.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eric Allen Seekins<\/strong>, 36, of Lancaster, was driving a 1996 Freightliner\/Tractor in combination with two flatbed trailers northbound on 70th Street East, and the 72-year-old motorcyclist was riding a 1991 Harley Davidson westbound on Avenue I, the CHP report states.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rig \u201ccame to a complete stop at the intersection of 70th Street East and Avenue I\u201d and then \u201cproceeded and entered the intersection directly into the path\u201d of the motorcycle, the CHP report states.<\/span><\/p>\n

The motorcyclist was unable to stop in time and struck the back of the first trailer, according to the CHP report.<\/span><\/p>\n

He sustained major injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not yet been released pending next of kin notification, but he was a 72-year-old man from Lancaster, coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said Tuesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rig\u2019s driver [Seekins] sustained minor injuries, according to the CHP report.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alcohol and drugs were not factors in the collision, which remains under investigation, the CHP report states.<\/span><\/p>\n

The intersection of Avenue I and 70th Street East was closed in all directions until about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to allow for the collision investigation, the CHP reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone with information on this collision is encouraged to contact the Antelope Valley CHP Office at 661-948-8541.<\/span><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER – A 72-year-old Lancaster man died Tuesday morning after his motorcycle crashed into a big rig in a local intersection, authorities said. The fatal collision happened around 9:18 a.m. Tuesday, July 18, in the intersection of Avenue I and 70th Street East, according to a California Highway Patrol report. Eric Allen Seekins, 36, of […]<\/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\/77427"}],"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=77427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}