{"id":90954,"date":"2019-12-27T16:57:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T00:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=90954"},"modified":"2020-01-02T12:27:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T20:27:07","slug":"one-dead-two-critically-hurt-in-collision-of-vehicle-and-big-rig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/12\/27\/one-dead-two-critically-hurt-in-collision-of-vehicle-and-big-rig\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead, two critically hurt in collision of vehicle and big rig [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LANCASTER – One person was killed and two others were critically injured in a collision late Thursday afternoon involving a vehicle and a big rig in the Lancaster area.<\/p>\n

The collision happened around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26, on Highway 138 west of 90th Street West, according to a California Highway Patrol report.<\/p>\n

Leslie Billings<\/strong>, 41, of Rifle, Colo., was driving a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe westbound on Highway 138 at “a speed greater than what was prudent for the current traffic conditions [snow, wet],” the CHP report states.<\/p>\n

“Due to the unsafe speed,” Billings lost control and the Hyundai careened into the eastbound lane, colliding head-on with a 2007 Freight-liner Truck\/Tractor, the CHP report states.<\/p>\n

A backseat passenger in the Hyundai sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not yet been released pending next of kin notification, but he was a 56-year-old resident of Taft, Calif., according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n

The Hyundai’s driver [Billings] and another passenger, 41-year-old Jonni Wallace<\/strong> of Glenwood Springs, Colo., sustained major injuries and were transported to Antelope Valley Hospital, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n

The big rig’s driver, 49-year-old Carlos Hurtado<\/strong> of Los Angeles, was not injured in the collision.<\/p>\n

“Alcohol (and\/or) drugs are not suspected to be a factor in this collision,” the CHP report states.<\/p>\n

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

UPDATED: The deceased has been identified as 56-year-old David Mora of Taft, Calif., according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER – One person was killed and two others were critically injured in a collision late Thursday afternoon involving a vehicle and a big rig in the Lancaster area. The collision happened around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26, on Highway 138 west of 90th Street West, according to a California Highway Patrol report. Leslie Billings, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90955,"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\/90954"}],"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=90954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}