Crash Victim Identified as Lancaster Man
Aman who was killed on Christmas in an auto accident near Palmdale was identified Tuesday as Carlos Jara, 26, of Lancaster, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Jara was killed Monday at 8:40 a.m. on California 138, about 25 miles southeast of Palmdale, the CHP said. The driver of the car, Clay Stoller, 24, of Lancaster, was in serious condition at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena.
The CHP said the accident occurred when Stoller apparently tried to pass a slower car while going west on the highway. He pulled into the oncoming lane and saw a car driven by Peter Carlomagno coming in the opposite direction. Both autos swerved to the shoulder of the road, where they collided, the CHP said. Carlomagno, 27, of Escondido, was in serious condition Tuesday at Huntington Memorial, and his mother, Beryl Ford, 62, of Palmdale was in stable condition at Antelope Valley Hospital Medical Center in Palmdale, the CHP said.
Authorities said the CHP will seek vehicular manslaughter and drunk-driving charges against Stoller.
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