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Driver, 65, killed in Palmdale collision

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PALMDALE – A 65-year-old man died Friday afternoon in a two vehicle collision in Palmdale, authorities said.

The fatal collision happened around 2:25 p.m. Friday, July 2, near 30th Street West and Montera Avenue, according to a news release from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station.

“The preliminary facts of this investigation indicate… a white Porsche Cayenne was driving southbound on 30th Street West and collided into a Green Ford Mustang, which was making a left turn onto Montera Avenue from northbound 30th Street West,” the news release states.

The 65-year-old male driver of the Ford Mustang died of his injuries at the scene. His name has not yet been released pending next of kin notification, but he was from Palmdale, according to the sheriff’s news release.

The driver of the Porsche Cayenne, a 49-year-old Palmdale man, sustained minor injuries in the crash, sheriff’s officials said.

The investigation is ongoing, and no further information was immediately available. Anyone with information regarding the traffic collision is encouraged to call Palmdale Station’s Traffic Department at 661-272-2400. This investigation is ongoing.

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7 comments for "Driver, 65, killed in Palmdale collision"

  1. Anyone making vehicle manufacturer jokes sorely need lessons in common decency. Unfortunate events like these are NOT sports events. Brand-loyalty bravado has no place when an article’s headline include the word “killed”.

    My deepest sympathies go out to the family of the deceased as well as to the family of the driver-I don’t know what the legal repercussions were/are going to be, but I would assume the guilt felt by the driver of the Porsche lies heavy on their mind.

    Rest in peace, Farris.

    Sincerely,
    Fares

    • Once you’ve financed a Camaro, a Mustang, a Dodge, you become a known quantity (e.g., dumb as a door nail). You’ll take a 30 point hit to your FICO. If everyone else didn’t have to pay an artificially inflated insurance premium, to cross subsidize motorists plagued impulse control issues, those cars would be uninsurable.

    • How do you know? Are you a witness? If so, why are you leaving out that the driver of the Porsche was going over 100mph?

      • Exactly. Law enforcement should have the data from the OBD to show his exact speed. It will be interesting to see if he even applied the brakes.