BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a Lamont man who died in a hit-and-run crash earlier this month in south Bakersfield.
The coroner identified the man as Zacarias Ecahua Chipahua, 26. He died in a crash on Oct. 2 at around 5:18 a.m., at the intersection of South H Street and Houghton Road.
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Chipahua was a passenger in a vehicle that collided with another at the intersection.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the driver of a pickup truck who drove past a stop sign collided with a vehicle Chipahua was in. The pickup truck overturned but the driver ran from the scene, CHP said.
Chipahua was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anyone with information on this crash is asked to contact CHP in Bakersfield at 661-396-6600.
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