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Pedestrian struck, killed by vehicle in Pearblossom area ID’d

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PEARBLOSSOM – Authorities have identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle Thursday morning in the Pearblossom area.

He was 29-year-old Henry Lanaro and he was homeless, according to Sarah Ardalani of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.

The collision happened around 6:40 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, on SR-138 east of Longview Road, according to a California Highway Patrol report.

Preliminary investigation suggests [Lanaro] was “walking in the area of SR-138 east of Longview Road” when he was struck by a 2012 Honda Odyssey that was traveling eastbound on SR-138, the CHP report states. Lanaro sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Honda Odyssey’s driver, 56-year-old Edda M. Guerra of Palmdale, was not injured in the collision, according to the CHP report.

“The cause of this collision is under investigation. The involvement of alcohol and/or drugs is still under investigation at this time,” the CHP report states.

Anyone with information regarding this collision is encouraged to contact Officer Shields at the Antelope Valley CHP Office at 661-948-8541.

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15 comments for "Pedestrian struck, killed by vehicle in Pearblossom area ID’d"

  2. I don’t understand why the article needs to point out after his name that and he was homeless. Do they say in other articles a persons name and that they had a home? (John Doe and he had a home) If you have a problem with the person being homeless then do something to help, if we all rise up in protest of the high rents and lack of affordable rentals then maybe a homeless person will not be out walking around and will be in his bed nice and warm.

    • We can’t even get a description of criminals on the lose, yet they can tell when someone hit by a vehicle is homeless. Journalist like human emotion in their stories and saying the victim is homeless does just that.

      So this is where I tell Ryan Dunham I’m pregnant.

    • Well, yes actually. It’s pretty standard practice in journalism to refer to a deceased person as “-name- of -city of residence-.” The intent is to limit the number of readers who wrongly think “I know that guy!” When they don’t know a city of residence they are generally going to say why they don’t know. There isn’t any disrespect intended.

  3. So a homeless person gets struck by a vehicle in the early morning and you guys blame it on the highway not the transient in the street.

    • Consider that it’s not so much about ‘blame’ as ‘prevention.’ There are conditions that increase the risks out on 138, such as places where it runs for miles with no way to safely get across it. There are also places where…ummm…let us call them ‘residents of a bygone era’ will hit the end of their ratty dirt road and just burst out of the desert onto the pavement without even looking to see if there is traffic, because there always is so why bother? They just count on other drivers to get around without hitting them.

      I think that at least suggesting that people in positions of responsibility take a look at these factors is appropriate.

    • I live real close to SR-138, I lost count about all the accidents/Deaths just in the month of October,it is a DEATH TRAP.

      • 138 was commonly called “the death road” all the way back to when I was a kid. I cannot imagine what the death toll must be after all these decades.

          • That too probably. I just know that when my parents set out for a trip to Vegas they always commented about ‘taking the death road to sin city’ and I thought the whole thing seemed like a bad idea.

        • Try to be more compassionate really i person perished and the Highway here has claimed many a person through the years. Its a known fact and yet no attempt to add any deterrent to slow down traffic pedestrians should be able to walk safe without worry of bodily injury .