[12-21-2022] Kern County, CA – 46-Year-Old Woman Killed After Two-Vehicle Collision in Tehachapi

A 46-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Tehachapi on Wednesday afternoon, December 21, 2022.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the fatal crash occurred at 3:53 p.m. on Highland Road and Tehachapi Willow Springs Road.

CHP said the collision involved a vehicle driven by the victim, identified as Shelley C. from Lancaster by the Kern County Coroner’s Office, and a tow truck.

The investigation revealed that the female driver was driving on Tehachapi Willow Springs Road, south of Wild Horse Road when she collided with the tow truck.

As the investigation continues, there is no further information on the crash, including the condition of the tow truck driver.

Two-Vehicle Accident Statistics

Every minute in the United States, a vehicle accident takes the life of one person and injures another. Two million children and young adults under the age of twenty-five are killed and ten million more are injured annually.

Government experts estimate that by the year 2050, as many as 10,000 people will have died in traffic accidents across the Golden State of California.

A year ago, there was a 23.5 percent increase in the number of lives lost in vehicular accidents throughout the state. There were 3,898 deaths and 278,823 injuries due to car accidents in 2017. The death rate per one hundred thousand passengers on public transportation systems that year was 9.

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