{"id":147645,"date":"2026-01-24T08:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/147645\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T08:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:38:50","slug":"elderly-man-in-electric-wheelchair-killed-after-struck-by-truck-in-lake-isabella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/147645\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly man in electric wheelchair killed after struck by truck in Lake Isabella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 78-year-old man in an electric wheelchair died after being struck by a truck in Lake Isabella Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The California Highway Patrol said on Thursday, January 22, 2026, at around 5:58 p.m., officers were called to Lake Isabella Boulevard and Crestview Avenue regarding a crash involving a vehicle and a person in an electric wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p>CHP said a preliminary investigation found that a 72-year-old male was driving a 2002 Toyota Tundra northbound on Lake Isabella Boulevard, approaching Crestview Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>According to CHP, for reasons still under investigation, a 78-year-old man in an electric wheelchair crossed Lake Isabella Boulevard in an easterly direction directly into the path of the Toyota.<\/p>\n<p>The Toyota struck the pedestrian, causing severe injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency medical personnel responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>CHP said the driver of the Toyota remained on scene and was cooperative with investigators.<\/p>\n<p>According to CHP, the use of alcohol and\/or drugs was not a factor in this crash.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to call the CHP Bakersfield Area at (661) 396-6600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 78-year-old man in an electric wheelchair died after being struck by a truck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-147645","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\/147645","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=147645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}