{"id":86738,"date":"2019-03-27T19:13:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T02:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=86738"},"modified":"2019-03-27T19:17:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T02:17:31","slug":"man-dies-in-apparent-hit-and-run-on-freeway-off-ramp-in-lancaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/03\/27\/man-dies-in-apparent-hit-and-run-on-freeway-off-ramp-in-lancaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies in apparent hit-and-run on freeway off-ramp in Lancaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_86756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86756\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86756\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lancaster-hit-and-run.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lancaster-hit-and-run.jpg 864w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lancaster-hit-and-run-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lancaster-hit-and-run-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The victim&#8217;s body was found on the off-ramp from the southbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway to Avenue I. [Photo by APRIL JENKINS]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER &#8211; A man died Tuesday night on a freeway off-ramp in Lancaster after he was struck by as many as two vehicles that left the scene.<\/p>\n<p>It happened around 8:55 p.m. Tuesday, March 26.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, who was about 50 years old, was walking on the off-ramp from the southbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway to Avenue I when he was struck by a white vehicle traveling in the same direction, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The driver &#8230; fled the scene in their vehicle following the collision,&#8221; CHP Officer Jason Murawski said. &#8220;While the pedestrian was lying in the roadway, a second unknown vehicle possibly struck him. That vehicle also fled the scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The victim, whose name was withheld pending notification of his family, died at the scene, Murawski said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about this fatality is urged to call the CHP&#8217;s Antelope Valley Office at 661-948-8541.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; A man died Tuesday night on a freeway off-ramp in Lancaster after he was struck by as many as two vehicles that left the scene. It happened around 8:55 p.m. Tuesday, March 26. The victim, who was about 50 years old, was walking on the off-ramp from the southbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":86756,"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":[719,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86738"}],"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\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}