California Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that possibly sparked a brush fire on the westbound Highway 58 near Bear Mountain Boulevard in Kern County on Monday, August 4, 2025. According to CHP, the incident occurred just before 5:00 p.m. when a semi-trailer truck and at least one other vehicle collided. A car went down …
A pedestrian was hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle in south Bakersfield on Wednesday night, August 2, 2025. According to the California Highway Patrol, the incident occurred shortly before 9:30 p.m. on South Union Avenue, just north of Panama Road. Emergency personnel responded to the scene and transported the injured individual to a hospital. …
A man was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in Delano on Thursday morning, July 31, 2025. According to the Delano Police Department, the crash occurred around 9:05 a.m. near the intersection of Main Street and 12th Avenue. An initial investigation indicated that a female driver was traveling eastbound on 12th Avenue when …
A head-on crash left one man dead and another with serious injuries in Rosamond, Kern County, on Tuesday afternoon, July 29, 2025. According to the California Highway Patrol Mojave Area, the collision occurred around 2:20 p.m. on Rosamond Boulevard west of 45th Street West. A 2016 Hyundai, driven by an unidentified man, collided head-on with …
A six-vehicle crash was reported on Highway 58 near Highway 223 in Bakersfield on Thursday night, July 31, 2025. According to the California Highway Patrol, the collision occurred around 7:40 p.m. just west of Highway 223 near the Bakersfield National Cemetery. Initial reports indicated that three of the vehicles went down an embankment following the …
One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Wasco on Tuesday morning, July 29, 2025. According to the Wasco Police Department, the collision occurred around 11:22 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 43 and 10th Street. Officers and emergency personnel responded and attempted life-saving measures at the scene. One of the drivers was pronounced …
A motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a truck in Taft on Monday morning, July 28, 2025. According to the Kern County Fire Department, the crash occurred at approximately 10:42 a.m. in the 1000 block of Kern Street. Firefighters arrived on scene and located one patient, the motorcyclist, who was pronounced deceased. The cause …
One person was killed, and a driver was arrested for DUI after a crash in Bakersfield early Sunday morning, July 27, 2025. According to the Bakersfield Police Department, the crash occurred around 12:30 a.m. in the 7900 block of Fairfax Road. Juan R., 40, of Bakersfield, was driving a pickup southbound when it drifted into …
A crash involving a semi and a pickup truck temporarily blocked lanes on Highway 99 near Houghton Road in Bakersfield on Thursday afternoon, July 24, 2025. According to the California Highway Patrol, the incident occurred at approximately 3:45 p.m. in the northbound lanes of Highway 99. Part of the pickup truck reportedly crashed through the …
A motorcyclist sustained critical injuries in a collision with a minivan in Bakersfield on Sunday night, July 20, 2025. According to the Bakersfield Police Department, the crash occurred at approximately 10:32 p.m. at the intersection of Union Avenue and 34th Street, near Memorial Hospital. Responding officers found a male motorcyclist with severe injuries at the …
