{"id":97190,"date":"2020-11-02T16:40:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T00:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=97190"},"modified":"2020-11-04T11:36:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T19:36:35","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-angeles-forest-highway-in-palmdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/11\/02\/motorcyclist-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-angeles-forest-highway-in-palmdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed in head-on crash on Angeles Forest Highway in Palmdale [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86822\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fatal-MC-crash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fatal-MC-crash.jpg 384w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fatal-MC-crash-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PALMDALE\u00a0 &#8211; A man on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle died Sunday afternoon when he was struck head-on by a pickup truck on Angeles Forest Highway, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened around 1:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, on the Angeles Forest Highway, south of Vincent View Road, according to a California Highway Patrol report.<\/p>\n<p>According to the accident report, 55-year-old <strong>Michael Deangelis<\/strong> of Littlerock was driving a 2007 Ford F-150 truck south on Angeles Forest Highway when, for a reason yet to be determined, he steered his vehicle to the left, and into the northbound lane &#8212; directly into the path of a 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcyclist was unable to avoid the truck, and both vehicles collided head-on and came to rest on the east shoulder of Angeles Forest Highway, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcyclist died at the scene and his name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, but he was a 53-year-old man from Sylmar, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>Deangelis suffered minor injuries and was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital for treatment, the CHP said.<\/p>\n<p>The crash prompted the CHP to declare a SigAlert around 2:10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, for the death investigation. The road was finally cleared about 5:15 p.m. and the SigAlert was canceled. The crash remains under investigation by the CHP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alcohol (and\/or) drugs are not suspected to be a factor in this collision,&#8221; the CHP report states.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE<\/span>: The deceased has been identified as David Lopez, 53, of Sylmar, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner&#8217;s Officer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE\u00a0 &#8211; A man on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle died Sunday afternoon when he was struck head-on by a pickup truck on Angeles Forest Highway, authorities said. The crash happened around 1:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, on the Angeles Forest Highway, south of Vincent View Road, according to a California Highway Patrol report. According to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86822,"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":[719,1499,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97190"}],"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=97190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}