Coroner identified man died days after struck by vehicle on Rosedale Highway

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died two days after being struck by a vehicle on Rosedale Highway as 37-year-old Jesse Jerome Henderson of Bakersfield.

The report said on June 7, 2026, at around 12:32 a.m., Henderson was struck by a vehicle on Rosedale Highway, near Allen Road.

Henderson was taken to Kern Medical where he later died on June 9.