{"id":92779,"date":"2020-04-25T16:21:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T23:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=92779"},"modified":"2020-04-26T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T21:01:59","slug":"driver-19-killed-in-single-vehicle-crash-on-14-freeway-in-palmdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/04\/25\/driver-19-killed-in-single-vehicle-crash-on-14-freeway-in-palmdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver, 19, killed in single-vehicle crash on 14 Freeway in Palmdale [updated]"},"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\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PALMDALE &#8211; A 19-year-old Lancaster man was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in Palmdale, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>It happened around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, April 25, on the northbound freeway near Avenue M, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>The motorist was driving a 2001 Subaru Forester northbound to the Avenue M off-ramp, approaching a curve, when unsafe speed caused him to fail to make the curve and leave the roadway. The Subaru overturned several times before coming to a stop on the west dirt shoulder of the off-ramp, the CHP reported.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not yet been released pending next of kin notification.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be a factor in the crash, the CHP said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this crash is encouraged to call the CHP&#8217;s Antelope Valley area office at 661-948-8541.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE<\/span>: The deceased has been identified as 19-year-old Lester L. Mejia of Lancaster, according to coroner&#8217;s Lt. Nani Cholakians.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; A 19-year-old Lancaster man was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in Palmdale, authorities said. It happened around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, April 25, on the northbound freeway near Avenue M, according to the California Highway Patrol. The motorist was driving a 2001 Subaru Forester northbound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"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":[1499,10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92779"}],"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=92779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92779\/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=92779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}