The incident happened around 6:53 a.m. Thursday near 170th Street East and Avenue P.
Lancaster, CA – 21-year-old Emmanuel Juarez died in a two-vehicle collision that happened on New Year’s Day at an intersection in Lancaster, the Los Angeles County Office of Medical Examiner reported.
The incident happened around 6:53 a.m. Thursday near 170th Street East and Avenue P.
According to the California Highway Patrol, two vehicles collided, causing one of them to careen into a light pole.
Juarez was pronounced dead at the scene. His city of residence was not mentioned.
Details about the condition of the other involved parties were not available.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
According to the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), Lancaster experienced a decrease in total fatal and injury collisions from 2022 to 2023, though its relative ranking among similar-sized cities worsened, indicating safety challenges remain. In 2023, Lancaster recorded 1,541 victims killed and injured in traffic collisions, ranking 1st out of 62 similarly populated California cities for this metric, a change from its ranking of 2nd in 2022, when there were 1,753 victims. Regarding specific collision types in 2023, alcohol-involved incidents resulted in 144 victims killed and injured, placing Lancaster 8th among 62 cities. There were 56 pedestrian and 22 bicyclist victims killed and injured, ranking the city 26th and 52nd, respectively. The data also highlights ongoing safety efforts, such as the December 2023 grant from the OTS to fund the “Just SNAP it! Traffic Safety Education Program,” specifically targeting young drivers (aged 16-25) who were at fault in a significant percentage (23.2%) of crashes.
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