BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died after being involved in a work-related accident in Tehachapi as 46-year-old Rufino Hernandez of Moreno Valley.
The report said on December 17, at around 12:38 p.m., Hernandez was injured during a work-related accident and died at the scene on N Mill Street and W H Street in Tehachapi.
According to the coroner’s report, a postmortem examination was conducted, and the cause of death was blunt force chest trauma, and the manner of death was accident.