BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who died in a high-speed crash and hit a tree in northwest Bakersfield as 24-year-old Daniel Chavez Cruz.
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The Bakersfield Police Department said on September 25th, 2025, at around 1:34 a.m., officers were called to a solo-vehicle crash in the 11500 block of Hageman Road.
When officers arrived, they found Cruz partially ejected from a blue GMC Acadia, which had hit a tree.
The Bakersfield Police Department said that a man had died after a crash on September 25th. (Photo:KBAK/FOX58)
Police said a preliminary investigation found that the driver was going westbound at a high rate of speed when, for an unknown reason, lost control and hit a tree.