A 23-year-old Palmdale man driving recklessly was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Sierra Highway, authorities said Thursday morning.
The driver of a 2004 Ford Focus was traveling northbound on Sierra Highway, just north of Sierra Hills Lanes, at a high rate of speed about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to Officer J. Helble of the California Highway Patrol.
Witnesses told the CHP the driver was speeding northbound in the southbound lane of Sierra Highway and “unsafely passing additional vehicles while traveling over the double yellow lines,” Helble said.
The driver, identified as Heriberto C. Sanchez, was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and traveled onto the dirt shoulder, where his vehicle crashed into a wooden power pole. Sanchez suffered fatal injuries in the crash, Helble said.
Alcohol or drugs were not considered factors in the crash, he said.