{"id":159667,"date":"2026-02-02T01:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/159667\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T01:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:19:23","slug":"motorcyclist-dies-after-saturday-night-hit-and-run-crash-on-ming-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/159667\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist dies after Saturday night hit-and-run crash on Ming Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A motorcyclist died after a hit-and-run crash on Saturday night in southwest Bakersfield, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Officers first responded to the crash in the 4500 block of Ming Ave. around 10:44 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived, they found a motorcyclist, a man, suffering from non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The involved vehicle, described as a white sedan, fled the area before officers arrived.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary investigation determined the motorcyclist was driving eastbound on Ming Ave. when the sedan made an unsafe turn, causing the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Officers say they contacted a woman believed to be the driver of the white sedan around 1:30 a.m. on Feb. 1, 2026. The investigation remains ongoing to confirm her involvement.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcyclist was hospitalized and later died on Sunday morning. The Kern County Coroner will release his identity at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A motorcyclist died after a hit-and-run crash on Saturday night in southwest Bakersfield, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-159667","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\/159667","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=159667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}