{"id":151887,"date":"2026-01-27T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/151887\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:02:08","slug":"crash-on-highway-58-involves-about-30-vehicles-shuts-both-directions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/151887\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash on Highway 58 involves about 30+ vehicles, shuts both directions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 CHP said 30 to 40 vehicles were involved in a crash on eastbound Highway 58 near Towerline Road Tuesday morning, causing closures to both sides of the highway.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CHP\u2019s website, at around 8:07 a.m., it was initially reported there was three vehicles involved in a crash on eastbound Highway 58 near Towerline Road. The website said there was heavy fog in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with CHP said there are approximately 30 to 40 vehicles. Officer Toro said it started with two separate, three-to-four-vehicle crashes that escalated into a chain of events. <\/p>\n<p>Caltrans District 6 said Highway 58 is closed in both directions, eastbound at Towerline Road and westbound at Highway 223.<\/p>\n<p>There is no estimated time on reopening.<\/p>\n<p>Several injuries involved range from minor to major. No fatalities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c23555e6-c710-46cb-adb5-4fe88e859195-VIRGENLIVEPILEUP_frame_40535.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>CHP is gathering information from drivers, insurance, as well tow trucks for the vehicles involved.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 CHP said 30 to 40 vehicles were involved in a crash on eastbound Highway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-151887","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\/151887","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=151887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}