{"id":106969,"date":"2025-12-23T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/106969\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:16:09","slug":"pedestrian-identified-in-fatal-october-crash-on-stine-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/106969\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian identified in fatal October crash on Stine Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 61-year-old man who was struck and killed by a vehicle on Stine Road in late October has been identified as Jacinto Pineda Cruz, of Bakersfield. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/pedestrian-fatally-struck-at-stine-road-and-parker-ave-area-closed-for-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pedestrian fatally struck at Stine Road, south of Ming Avenue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Kern County coroner said that Cruz was walking in the intersection around 4:23 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2025, when he was struck. He was transported to Kern Medical, where he later died. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo courtesy: RD on The Scene{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24904268-9e48-413f-ac7b-23854dd9c006-SR4.jpg\"\/>Photo courtesy: RD on The Scene<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield police said that officers arrived at the scene near Stine Road and Summer Tree Lane around 4:20 p.m. after receiving a report of a vehicle striking a pedestrian. Cruz was found suffering from moderate to major injuries. <\/p>\n<p>The driver of the vehicle sustained &#8220;significant&#8221; facial injuries and was treated at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>A third-party video provided to Eyewitness News showed a vehicle with major front-end damage and debris scattered on the road following the crash. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo courtesy: RD on The Scene{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cf864d5b-2eeb-4a97-a9cc-65e48b9ddf84-SR2.jpg\"\/>Photo courtesy: RD on The Scene<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary investigation by Bakersfield police suggests that Cruz may have entered the crosswalk without ensuring the road was clear of oncoming traffic. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo courtesy: RD on The Scene{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8bcfc341-f4e9-490f-a45e-4ec02e9023a1-SR7.jpg\"\/>Photo courtesy: RD on The SceneComment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Police noted that speed and\/or intoxication were not apparent factors in the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 61-year-old man who was struck and killed by a vehicle on Stine Road in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-106969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}