Driver killed, deputy injured in Lancaster crash
A car crash early Sunday killed a driver and injured a sheriff’s deputy in the Lancaster area.
The crash happened about 1:40 a.m. on Avenue F near 15th Street when a driver, suspected to be under the influence, veered into the other lane and hit the car driven by the deputy, according to Sgt. Dustin Carr.
The driver died at the scene of the crash. The deputy was taken to the hospital with a leg injury, Carr said.
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Emily Alpert Reyes is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. She most recently covered public health and previously reported on Los Angeles city government and politics, as well as on the census and demographics, tracking how our lives are changing in Los Angeles, California and the country. Before joining The Times, she worked for the pioneering nonprofit news website voiceofsandiego.org, winning national awards for her reporting on education. She has also traveled to Bolivia as a fellow with the International Reporting Project and survived the University of Chicago.
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