The driver of the Honda sustained severe injuries and was transported to the hospital for treatment
Bakersfield, CA. – The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a passenger killed in a car crash in Bakersfield on Friday, October 9.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened around 6:44 p.m. on Wheeler Ridge Road at Creekside Drive.
An Arvin man was driving a 2012 Toyota Tacoma southbound on Wheeler Ridge Road when he reportedly made an unsafe turn and crashed into a 2016 Honda CR-V that was traveling northbound on Wheeler Ridge Road.
The Honda’s right-front male passenger, 38-year-old Francisco Javier Pantoja Juarez of Arvin, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Honda sustained severe injuries and was transported to the hospital for treatment.
The driver of the Toyota was hospitalized with moderate injuries.
More details on the accident were not released.
CHP is investigating the accident.