BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — The man killed in a wrong-way crash on Highway 14 near Inyokern on Wednesday night has been identified as 23-year-old Joaquin Angel Aguirre of Los Angeles.
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The Kern County coroner and CHP reported that at around 10:15 p.m., on Jan. 28, Aguirre was driving a vehicle the wrong way on Highway 14, north of Cow Heaven Road, when he collided head-on with a semi-trailer truck. Aguirre died upon impact.
CHP reported that a male was driving a 2007 Toyota Corolla northbound in the southbound lanes, leading to the crash with a 2014 Freightliner traveling southbound.
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Officials said that driver impairment is suspected.