{"id":99488,"date":"2021-02-02T11:28:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=99488"},"modified":"2021-02-02T13:27:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T21:27:06","slug":"authorities-id-teens-killed-in-palmdale-hit-and-run-investigation-continuing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/02\/02\/authorities-id-teens-killed-in-palmdale-hit-and-run-investigation-continuing\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities ID teens killed in Palmdale hit-and-run; investigation continuing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_99470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99470\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99470\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/palmdale-double-fatal-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/palmdale-double-fatal-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/palmdale-double-fatal-3-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/palmdale-double-fatal-3-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[BRYAN HALL]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE &#8211; Authorities Tuesday identified the two teenagers who were killed in a hit-and-run crash over the weekend in Palmdale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sergio Martinez<\/strong>, 18, and <strong>Albert Cruz<\/strong>, 17, both of Palmdale, died at the scene of the crash, which happened around 10:22 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, near 10th Street West and Avenue O-8, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department and the coroner&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-299588087\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Martinez and Cruz were in a dark gray 2018 Honda Civic traveling westbound on Avenue O-8 when their vehicle was T-boned by a black 2015 Chrysler 200 that ran a red light at Avenue O-8 while northbound on 10th Street West, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/local.nixle.com\/alert\/8508972\/?sub_id=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release from the Palmdale Sheriff&#8217;s Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Chrysler&#8217;s driver fled the scene on foot prior to the arrival of law enforcement, sheriff&#8217;s officials said. No further details were immediately released.<\/p>\n<p>This is an active investigation, and anyone with information regarding this collision is encouraged to call Detective Day at the Palmdale Sheriff&#8217;s Station at 661-272-2423.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Previous related story<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/01\/31\/two-teens-killed-in-hit-and-run-crash-in-palmdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two teens killed in hit-and-run crash in Palmdale<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE<\/span>: An online fundraiser has been created to help the family pay for the funerals. To donate, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/please-help-to-rest-my-cousins-albert-and-sergio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/please-help-to-rest-my-cousins-albert-and-sergio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99498\" style=\"width: 751px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99498\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Albert-and-Sergio-gofundme.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Albert-and-Sergio-gofundme.jpg 751w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Albert-and-Sergio-gofundme-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albert Cruz and Sergio Martinez [Images via gofundme]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; Authorities Tuesday identified the two teenagers who were killed in a hit-and-run crash over the weekend in Palmdale. Sergio Martinez, 18, and Albert Cruz, 17, both of Palmdale, died at the scene of the crash, which happened around 10:22 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, near 10th Street West and Avenue O-8, according to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99470,"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\/99488"}],"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=99488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}