[05-25-2022] Los Angeles County, CA – 87-Year-Old Man Dead in Fatal Two-Vehicle Collision in Palmdale

An unidentified man was killed in a two-vehicle collision that blocked traffic on Pearblossom Highway Wednesday morning, May 25, 2022.

According to the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station deputies, the fatal crash occurred at 11:15 a.m., at the intersection of Pearblossom Highway and Cheseboro Road, south of Avenue T.

According to deputies, the 87-year-old man, who was driving a silver Saturn sedan, made a left turn from northbound Cheseboro Road onto Pearblossom Highway.

According to deputies, he turned in front of a Dodge Ram pickup truck towing a trailer traveling east on Pearblossom Highway and was struck.

At the scene, the sedan driver was pronounced dead. According to the Los Angeles County Coroner, his identity has not been released pending notification of his next of kin.

The crash is still under active investigation.

Anyone with information regarding the traffic collision is encouraged to call the Palmdale station’s Traffic Department at 661-272-2400.

Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

In the United States, car accidents are the most common cause of injury. Vehicle crashes injured over two million people each year.

A car accident occurs roughly every sixty seconds in the United States. Last year, more than 3,300 people were killed in car accidents in California.

According to the National Safety Council, car accidents account for 11% of all deaths. In California car accidents in 2019, 276,823 people were injured, and 3,898 people died. Since 2013, there has been a 23.5 percent increase in the number of car accidents.

Los Angeles is one of the most populated cities in the United States today, with a population of 3.96 million people in 2019. The city’s traffic is becoming increasingly congested, and no one is surprised.

Despite the fact that Los Angeles has been devastated by the COVID pandemic, it is still the seventh most populous city in the United States as of 2020. Traffic accidents have resulted in 1,465 serious injuries and 289 deaths, according to the Los Angeles Police Department as of 2020.

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