[10-07-2022] Los Angeles County, CA – Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash in Lancaster Kills One Man

*Update News:

The man that was fatally injured in the two-vehicle collision in Lancaster that transpired Friday, October 7, 2022 has been already identified by the authorities.

According to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office, Frank G., 31, resident of Apple Valley was the victim.

In an unincorporated area near Lancaster, at Avenue J and 140th Street East. Garcia was driving west on Avenue J in his Chevrolet Silverado with two other people in the car. He was getting close to 140th Street East.

The California Highway Patrol says that this happened when the driver of a white Nissan Frontier stopped at a two-way stop sign “failed to yield the right-of-way and entered the intersection.”

The left front of the Nissan hit Garcia’s truck, which turned over several times before stopping on the dirt shoulder of Avenue J going east.

Because of the accident, Garcia was seriously hurt and died at the scene.

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*Original Post:

An unidentified man died in a fatal two-vehicle collision in the Lancaster region on Friday, October 7, 2022.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 7:00 a.m. at 140th Street East and East Avenue J.

The identity of the man who had been fatally injured was not immediately known.

The identity of the victim has yet to be disclosed. The circumstances leading up to the crash are still unknown.

The crash remains under investigation.

Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

Car collisions are the leading cause of injury in the United States. Every year, car accidents cause the deaths or injuries of two million people.

A car accident takes place about once every 60 seconds somewhere in the United States. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that more than 3,300 people lost their lives in car accidents in California in 2016.

According to the National Safety Council (NSC), car accidents account for 11% of all fatalities each year. There were 3,898 fatalities and 276,823 injuries from car accidents in California this year. The number of accidents on the road has risen by 23.5% since 2013.

Los Angeles’s 3.96 million residents made it one of the most populated cities in the United States in 2019. It’s no secret that city traffic is getting worse, but that hasn’t stopped it from becoming a major issue.

Despite the COVID outbreak, the city of Los Angeles had a 2020 population of 7.8 million people. The Los Angeles Police Department reported that there were 289 fatalities and 1,465 serious injuries as a result of traffic accidents in 2020.

Los Angeles County Car Accident Lawyers

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