{"id":88832,"date":"2019-07-25T15:33:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T22:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=88832"},"modified":"2019-07-25T19:12:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T02:12:37","slug":"authorities-id-three-men-killed-in-head-on-crash-in-palmdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/07\/25\/authorities-id-three-men-killed-in-head-on-crash-in-palmdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities ID three men killed in head-on crash in Palmdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_88795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88795\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88795\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Big-rig-on-fire-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Big-rig-on-fire-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Big-rig-on-fire-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Big-rig-on-fire-1-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The force of the impact caused the semi-trailer truck\u2019s cabin to erupt in flames. [Still image taken from crash scene video shot by GUSTAVO FRIAS]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE &#8211; Authorities Thursday identified three men who were killed in a head-on collision involving their vehicle and a big rig in the Palmdale area.<\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred about 7 a.m. Tuesday, July 23, on Pearblossom Highway between 60th and 70th streets East, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department.<\/p>\n<p>The big rig was northbound on Pearblossom Highway when a Nissan truck, which was southbound, &#8220;veered into oncoming traffic, resulting in the collision,&#8221; sheriff&#8217;s Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Padillo<\/strong>, 34, and <strong>Michael Vargas<\/strong>, 29, died at the scene, and <strong>Raul Pineda<\/strong>, 27, died at a hospital, according to the coroner&#8217;s office, which did not have information on their home towns. All three were occupants of the Nissan truck.<\/p>\n<p>The man driving the big rig was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alcohol and\/or drugs do not appear to be a factor,&#8221; Navarro-Suarez said.<\/p>\n<p>Pearblossom Highway was closed in both directions while an investigation was conducted.<\/p>\n<p><em>Previous related story: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/07\/23\/three-men-killed-in-head-on-traffic-crash-with-big-rig-in-palmdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three men killed in head-on traffic crash with big rig in Palmdale<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; Authorities Thursday identified three men who were killed in a head-on collision involving their vehicle and a big rig in the Palmdale area. The crash occurred about 7 a.m. Tuesday, July 23, on Pearblossom Highway between 60th and 70th streets East, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department. The big rig was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88795,"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":[1499,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88832"}],"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=88832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}