The deadly accident occurred around 2:22 p.m. on August 25 on northbound Interstate 5 off-ramp to Laval Road west.
Bakersfield, CA – A person was killed Monday afternoon in a rollover accident in Bakersfield, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
CHP said a semi-tractor-combination was traveling northbound on the interstate, on the off-ramp to Laval Road west. For unknown reasons, it traveled to the left across the Laval Road on-ramp to northbound I-5 and rolled over.
The driver was killed in the accident. His name has not been released.
The accident closed Laval Road west off-ramp from northbound I-5, along with the northbound I-5 on-ramp from Wheeler Ridge.
The CHP is investigating the accident.