A 19-year-old motorist was killed Saturday in a single-vehicle crash on State Route 14 in Palmdale.
The crash on the northbound freeway to Avenue M occurred around 4:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported.
The Lancaster resident, driving a 2001 Subaru Forester, was going northbound to the Avenue M off-ramp, approaching a curve, when unsafe speed caused him to fail to make the curve and leave the roadway.
The Subaru overturned several times before coming to a stop on the west dirt shoulder of the off-ramp, where the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be a factor in the crash, the CHP said.
The CHP’s Antelope Valley area office asked anyone with information regarding the crash to call them at 661-948-0815.