{"id":90589,"date":"2019-11-26T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=90589"},"modified":"2019-11-26T16:25:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:25:49","slug":"passenger-65-killed-in-lancaster-traffic-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/11\/26\/passenger-65-killed-in-lancaster-traffic-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger, 65, killed in Lancaster traffic crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78281\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fatal-crash-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"279\" \/>LANCASTER &#8211; A 73-year-old driver failed to yield the right of way at a Lancaster intersection Monday afternoon, causing a two-vehicle crash that killed his 65-year-old female passenger, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The collision happened around 4:55 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, on Avenue D (SR-138) at 60th Street West, according to a California Highway Patrol report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leroy G. Wikander<\/strong>, 73, of Rosamond was driving a red 2011 Ford Focus, traveling northbound on 60th Street West as a silver 2000 Dodge Ram 3500 pickup was traveling westbound on Avenue D, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>Wikander stopped for the posted stop sign at Avenue D and then proceeded into the intersection, failing to yield the right away to the westbound Dodge pickup truck, the CHP report states.<\/p>\n<p>The pickup truck&#8217;s driver, 56-year-old <strong>Saul B. Lozoya<\/strong> of Lancaster, applied brakes but was unable to avoid a crash, and the front of the pickup struck the back of the Ford Focus, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>The front passenger in the Ford Focus was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital, where she died of her injuries. Her name has not yet been released, but she was a 65-year-old woman from Rosamond, according to the California Highway Patrol. Wikander was also transported to Antelope Valley Hospital, but no further details were released about the extent of his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Lozoya (Dodge pickup driver) was not injured in the collision, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alcohol and\/or drugs is not a factor in this collision,&#8221; the CHP report states.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this collision in encouraged to contact Officer Spann at the Antelope Valley Area CHP office at 661-948-8541.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; A 73-year-old driver failed to yield the right of way at a Lancaster intersection Monday afternoon, causing a two-vehicle crash that killed his 65-year-old female passenger, authorities said. The collision happened around 4:55 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, on Avenue D (SR-138) at 60th Street West, according to a California Highway Patrol report. Leroy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78281,"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":[1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90589"}],"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=90589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}