Local Accident News: Kern County

The police have found the driver who they say was drunk and caused a crash that hurt several people, including a toddler, in a house at the corner of Old River Road and Taft Highway. Around 12:30 a.m., the crash...

An unidentified person died after a pedestrian crash involving a vehicle on SR 99 on Tuesday evening, September 13, 2022. According to the CHP, the accident occurred around 11 p.m. on SR 99 south of Rosedale Highway. The pedestrian’s identity...

A man died after being struck by a car in Bakersfield on Sunday night, September 11, 2022. The collision happened shortly after 10:45 p.m. in the 700 block of P Street. According to the investigation, the driver of the automobile...

According to the California Highway Patrol, a 17-year-old was killed in an off-road collision involving four other teenagers and a 2021 Polaris RZR off-road vehicle north of East Panama Road on Saturday, September 10, 2022. According to CHP officers, the...

One unidentified person was killed in a fatal pedestrian accident in Shafter on Monday, September 12, 2022. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash occurred just after 2:15 a.m. at the intersection of Santa Fe Way and Cherry Avenue....

According to the Kern County Coroner’s Office, Gilbert G., 45, of Bakersfield, has been named as the man killed in a fatal single-vehicle accident on Highway 58, Monday morning, September 12, 2022. The accident transpired at around 6:30 a.m. on...

Monte Harold J., 65, and Martha Alicia F., 48, have been named as two of the three victims of a two-vehicle collision involving a semi-truck near Arvin on Friday night, September 9, 2022. The accident transpired at around 10:00 p.m....

According to the Bakersfield Police Department, a male pedestrian died following a hit-and-run crash in central Bakersfield Sunday, September 11, 2022. According to the police, the crash occurred around 10:44 p.m. on P St. near 6th St. The BPD investigation...

A man is in critical condition after a hit-and-run collision in Bakersfield’s downtown late Sunday night, September 11, 2022. According to the Bakersfield Police Department, officers were called around 10:45 p.m. to P Street near Lowell Park. When they got...

According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), a 17-year-old girl died, and two other female passengers, ages 14 and 13, were seriously injured in a suspected DUI crash on Saturday, September 10, 2022. The accident happened around 10:30 p.m. in...

According to the California Highway Patrol, at least one person is dead after a two-vehicle collision just outside of Arvin Friday night, September 9, 2022. According to CHP, the collision transpired just after 10:00 p.m. near Malaga Road and Sunset...

Jesus Omar U., 30, was killed in a hit-and-run accident on South Union Avenue early on Saturday morning, September 3, 2022. The accident took place in the 7300 block of South Union Avenue. Around 3:03 a.m., rescue personnel arrived on...

According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), southbound Highway 99 traffic was slowed at Woollomes Avenue due to a multi-vehicle crash on Thursday, September 8, 2022. The CHP reported that the collision partially obstructed the slow lane around 6:20 a.m....

According to a California Highway Patrol, a passenger was killed in a fatal big rig crash on Copus Road on Thursday, September 8. The crash occurred at 6:48 a.m. on Copus Road, west of Interstate 5. A passenger in a...

According to the CHP, a woman from Lamont died after a vehicle crash involving a big rig on Copus Road Wednesday morning, September 7, 2022. The accident happened around 6:45 a.m. on Copus Road, west of I-5, Buttonwillow. Elvira L.,...

According to the BPD, one person was left with severe injuries after a three-vehicle collision in Southwest Bakersfield Monday evening, September 5, 2022. The crash occurred around 7:37 p.m. on Stine Road between Pacheco Road and District Boulevard. According to...

According to the authorities, a 61-year-old Las Vegas man died after a motorcycle crash on Highway 58 in Tehachapi early Tuesday, September 6, 2022. The crash occurred Tuesday morning on eastbound Highway 58 in Tehachapi. The coroner’s office reports that...

According to the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD), one person was seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash in southwest Bakersfield Monday evening, September 5, 2022. The collision happened at approximately 7:37 p.m on Stine Road between Pacheco Road and District Boulevard....

According to officials, a motorist fled from the scene after he struck and killed a pedestrian on South Union Avenue early Saturday morning, September 03, 2022. The crash occurred just before 3:15 a.m. in the 7300 block of South Union...

According to the California Highway Patrol incident page, a four-vehicle accident resulted in injuries in the northbound lanes of Highway 99 close to Highway 119 on Tuesday morning, August 30, 2022. According to the incident page, the crash occurred just...

According to the authorities, a pedestrian was struck by vehicles twice and was critically injured in central Bakersfield Friday night, September 2, 2022. According to the authorities, the pedestrian was severely struck at 9:43 p.m. on Brundage Lane near P...

A male identified as Nando Luis Alvarez C., 25, a Bakersfield resident, was killed after a motorcycle crash involving a car in Arvin early on Thursday morning, September 1, 2022. The accident happened at around 12:45 on Di Giorgio Road,...

An older man, Salvador C., 67, was killed after a bicycle crash in Wasco on Sunday morning, August 28, 2022. The accident occurred around 8:19 am at the junction of Poplar and Filburn avenues. Officials reported that the accident left...

According to the Bakersfield Police Department, two officers were hurt after following a pursuit in a stolen vehicle where they crashed in Bakersfield Saturday morning, August 27, 2022. The crash occurred at around 11:45 a.m. officers located a stolen vehicle...

A 67-year-old bicyclist, later identified as Salvador C., died after being hit by a truck near Wasco late Sunday evening, August 28, 2022. Deputies responded to the crash at around 8:19 p.m. at the junction of Poplar and Filburn avenues....

According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), 20-year-old Tony Ray C. of Bakersfield died following a suspected DUI collision in the Fort Tejon area on Saturday, August 27, 2022. A 2004 Toyota Solara was discovered on its roof around 7:11...

According to the California Highway Patrol, a 12-year-old child was struck by a vehicle in northeast Bakersfield on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. near Water and North King streets. According to CHP, the child was...

One man died, and two women suffered injuries after a DUI accident in Lebec on Saturday evening, August 27, 2022. According to the CHP, the crash happened around 7:11 p.m. on I-5 north of Lebec Service Road. The vehicle involved...

According to the California Highway Patrol, officers arrested a Bakersfield woman on suspicion of felony DUI after a rollover crash left a man dead in the Fort Tejon area on Saturday, August 27, 2022. According to a CHP news release,...

The California Highway Patrol reported that a driver was killed and a female passenger left injured in a fatal DUI accident on Interstate 5 on Saturday night, August 27, 2022. According to the CHP, the crash occurred shortly after 7:00...