Bakersfield Man Killed in Crash Sunday on Taft Highway

The wreck occurred around 3:30 p.m. on Taft Highway near Sunridge Avenue.

Bakersfield Car Collision
Man Dies in Bakersfield Car Collision on Taft Highway

Bakersfield, CA. – A 25-year-old man died in a collision that happened Sunday afternoon in Bakersfield, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The wreck occurred around 3:30 p.m. on Taft Highway near Sunridge Avenue.

According to CHP, the man was driving a GMC Sierra pickup truck westbound when, for an unknown reason, he allowed the vehicle to travel into the eastbound lane and collide with a car driven by a Taft woman.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman sustained minor injuries.

An investigation is ongoing.

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