BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 25-year-old motorcyclist from Bakersfield died after a solo-vehicle crash in Kernville Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The California Highway Patrol said on Sunday, February 22, 2026, at around 2 p.m., officers responded to Sierra Way at Cyrus Canyon Road in Kernville for a report of a solo-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle. <\/p>\n
CHP said a preliminary investigation found a 25-year-old man was riding a 2018 BMW motorcycle southbound on Sierra Way, south of Cyrus Canyon Road, at an undetermined rate of speed.<\/p>\n
For reasons still under investigation, the rider was unable to negotiate a curve in the roadway. The BMW traveled off the roadway in a southeasterly direction, colliding with an edge marker and a dirt embankment.<\/p>\n
As a result, the 25-year-old male was ejected from the motorcycle. Following the crash, the rider sustained severe injuries and was taken to Kern Valley Hospital, where he later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n
The Kern County Coroner\u2019s Office identified the motorcyclist as 25-year-old Nadeem Samaan of Bakersfield.<\/p>\n
CHP said at this time, it is unknown whether alcohol and\/or drugs were factors in the crash.<\/p>\n
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Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to call the CHP Bakersfield Area Public Information Officer at (661) 396-6600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 25-year-old motorcyclist from Bakersfield died after a solo-vehicle crash in Kernville Sunday afternoon.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-190507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190507","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=190507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}