{"id":91223,"date":"2020-01-21T08:28:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T16:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=91223"},"modified":"2020-01-21T10:35:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T18:35:51","slug":"pedestrian-fatally-struck-by-vehicle-in-lancaster-was-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/01\/21\/pedestrian-fatally-struck-by-vehicle-in-lancaster-was-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian fatally struck by vehicle in Lancaster was homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79074\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pedestrian-struck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LANCASTER- A pedestrian fatally struck by a vehicle last week on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in Lancaster was homeless, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>He was identified as <strong>James Edmonds<\/strong>, 30, the coroner&#8217;s office said. He did not have a city of residence.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was reported near Avenue I at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, California Highway Patrol Officer J. Church said.<\/p>\n<p>The pedestrian now identified as Edmonds was running westbound across the northbound lanes of the Antelope Valley Freeway when he was struck by a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze driven by a 26-year-old Rosamond woman who was northbound.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was &#8220;unable to avoid a collision,&#8221; the officer said. The left front end of the car struck Edmonds, causing fatal blunt force trauma injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, <strong>Kylie Blackmore,<\/strong> suffered a facial laceration and chest pain and was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol and\/or drugs were not suspected as factors in the crash, Church said.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Previous related story<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/01\/16\/pedestrian-hit-killed-by-car-on-14-freeway-in-lancaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pedestrian hit, killed by car on 14 Freeway in Lancaster<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER- A pedestrian fatally struck by a vehicle last week on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in Lancaster was homeless, authorities said. He was identified as James Edmonds, 30, the coroner&#8217;s office said. He did not have a city of residence. The crash was reported near Avenue I at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, California [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":79074,"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\/91223"}],"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=91223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}