BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a driver who died Thursday afternoon after reportedly crashing into another vehicle in an active school zone in northeast Bakersfield.
Alfred Steve Morones, 73, of Bakersfield, was driving when he collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Columbus Street and Bucknell Street at 2:22 p.m. on Thursday, according to the coroner’s office.
Morones was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
Officers who responded to the collision found Morones in an older model pickup truck with major injuries, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.
According to police, preliminary investigation showed Morones was driving westbound before crashing into the back of a different vehicle.
That other vehicle was reportedly slowing down for a crossing guard helping children cross the street, BPD said Thursday. No one else other than Morones were reportedly injured in this incident.
The crash happened near Washington Middle School and Myra A. Noble Elementary School.
Speed and intoxication are believed to be factors in the collision, investigators said.
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