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Palmdale woman killed after car rear-ends big rig

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The car wedged under the back end of the truck in the 1:30 a.m. crash that killed a 25-year-old female passenger. (Photo by ED FROMMER)
The car partially wedged under the back end of the truck in the 1:30 a.m. crash that killed a 25-year-old female passenger. (Photo by ED FROMMER)

PALMDALE – A 25-year-old Palmdale woman was killed early Thursday morning when the car she was riding in swerved off the road and rear-ended a parked big rig, authorities said.

The woman, whose name has not yet been released, was a passenger in a 2013 Honda that crashed into the back of a semi-trailer truck around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, May 1, on Palmdale Boulevard, west of 40th Street East, according to Detective Brent Bunch of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station.

The Honda’s driver, 19-year-old Palmdale resident Michael Lee, was seriously injured with a broken right leg and internal injuries, Bunch stated.

Lee was driving eastbound on Palmdale Boulevard, approaching the intersection of 40th Street East, when “he veered off the road way and collided into the rear of a semi-truck and trailer parked legally on the south dirt shoulder of Palmdale Boulevard,” Bunch stated.

The semi-truck was unoccupied at the time of the collision.

Palmdale Boulevard was closed to routine traffic between 30th and 40th Street East, until approximately 8 a.m. Thursday morning, while the incident was being investigated.

The fatal collision remains under investigation by the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station traffic detail.

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29 comments for "Palmdale woman killed after car rear-ends big rig"

  1. What god? Do you think that these kids that just lost their MOTHER “thank god”? Keep your religion to yourselves.

  2. I do not believe that truck was legally parked!! I live near there and the corner of 40th Street and Palmdale Blvd is a private property. This truck would often pull over on this lot, right near the intersection, and park there for days on his down time. That field is not for truck parking. Trucks are supposed to park in designated truck parking lots. This truck would often block the view of on-coming traffic, creating a blind intersection. That intersection is very dangerous and there’s a fatality there every few months. I believe the truck driver and his company are partially liable for this senseless death. The truck driver is saving a few bucks by pulling his truck over on the side instead of paying. He should be ticketed and cited and taken to court!

  3. Here is the facts ….I know the brother of lajuana Campbell and the driver fell asleep behind the wheel is what he text me an hour ago . This is sad news for me because I am a longtime friend of his and he and his family for almost 20 years now . If any of you can help in anyway here is the Wells Fargo account to Lajuana’s older sister Tkeyah Campbell #6166644879 .please everyone I am doing this for the family and if you find it in your hearts please donate anything the family needs it to give Lajuana a proper burial .I’m Jason morimoto and I thank you all for helping this family in this time of tragic need !

    • If you find out when and where the funeral will be held will you please let me know. I was her best friend an I can’t believe this is true :( I miss her already… Thank you

  4. She was my best friend!!!! We were soooo close, she was an amazing person, she has 3 amazing beautiful young kids, she was just a great person, Ima miss her, an the times we had in school an not in school.. I can’t believe this happened, I just talked to her that exact night!!!!! RIP to amazing girl!!!!! I love you bestie and always will

  5. She was my classmate hard worker and mother of 3 she was finly doing so good and was getting things done to be able to walk with us for graduation she will be missed r.I.p

  6. This is tragic, Ms. Lajuana Campbell was an amazing friend, mom and person, she will greatly be missed by many.

  9. *PRAYS NEEDED* My heart goes out to the family. This tragedy is heart breaking, and its sad to know their family is going through such a hard time because I know how close the family is… and the fact that she leaves 3 beautiful children makes it even more heartbreaking. I genuinely send my deepest condolences. This truly comes to show, that tomorrow isn’t promised.
    I’ve been Praying for them every time I think about it… Praying for them to keep strength, because she definitely gone too soon! I love you guys! Give them strength and all your glory Almighty Jehovah!

  10. really you guys ? that bottle was intact from the accident? no it was unloaded from the car, i saw it from the street what they did. you guys are funny… commen sense..

  11. He was not drunk and the passenger has three beautiful kids it was just a freak accident

  12. I’ve seen so many accidents.. they happen so quick it is amazing,, if this person was or wasn’t drunk driving is something he will have to live with the rest of his life.. either way whoever his passenger was (family member, friend,) is death.. don’t wish that on anyone good or bad person.. only god can and should judge him…prayer to their families…

    • The vodka bottle is a circumstantial piece of evidence whereby we can reason that alcohol may have been involved. The probability that the driver of this vehicle maneuvered his vehicle around the bottle as he travelled the road is very unlikely. Or are we to believe that the vodka bottle so close in proximity to a vehicle involved in an act of vehicular homicidal negligence is simply a coincidence? When you rear-end a vehicle it is simply negligence. In law we call that res ipsa loquitur (Latin for “the thing itself speaks”). Hence, it is reasonable to consider that alcohol may very likely have been involved. I predict that the driver will be charged with vehicular manslaughter.

    • Which indicates…. absolutely (no pun intended) nothing. If that is indeed a vodka bottle it is too grainy to see if the lid is intact or had been opened. It is too grainy to see the level of liquid inside.
      I guess vodka bottles just magically appear in people’s homes without being transported closed and away from the driver in the rear seat. Which in a violent collision would send it in any number of directions.

      But as I said before, that picture is small and grainy, no idea what that is near the rear tire on the ground.

  14. How do you know the driver was drunk, I do not recall reading that in the story

    • Whenever an accident like this happens, it’s inevitable that people will come here and act like they know what happened, even if the facts are not in the actual story.

  15. There is no indication that he was drunk driving. Stop assuming, it make you look like an ass. if he was drunk driving it would have said that and/or that he was detained for further investigation. Why don’t you keep your remarks to your self until the full story is published. If it’s not, move on. No need to post such negative things when the ladies family/friends will probably be reading this.

      • Joseph…You’re cold. At least have sympathy for the family and ones that loved this person. If u don’t then just shut up! if you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all.
        My sympathy goes out to the family. May God give you strength to get through this tough time.

      • joseph— I’ve lived long enough to know there will always be people like you that like to speak with venom. I know you are a miserable person that tries at every turn to speak hate and tear down instead of lifting up.

        • Exactly. I agree, Bird. Sad life. Miserable person. People like Joseph just craving attention, negative attention. Immature.

      • So he was drunk no sympathy huh I hope if u are ever in a similar situation no one replys the way u did… Hopefully u won’t be tested on your cruelty!!! What goes around comes around!!!

      • Joseph… In my younger years I drove drunk and am lucky, but also mindful of my own past stupidity before getting too righteous, especially in a single vehicle wreck.