{"id":198242,"date":"2026-02-28T16:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/198242\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:26:29","slug":"man-dies-after-being-struck-while-lying-on-24th-street-other-vehicles-possibly-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/198242\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after being struck while lying on 24th Street, other vehicles possibly involved"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man is dead after police say he was lying on the roadway along 24th Street and was struck by a car Friday night. An investigation is underway as police believe other vehicles may be involved.<\/p>\n

The Bakersfield Police Department said on February 27, 2026, at around 7:28 p.m., officers were called to the 2000 block of 24th Street regarding a check on the welfare of person lying in the roadway.<\/p>\n

When officers arrived, they found a man dead in the roadway.<\/p>\n

Bakersfield police said the preliminary investigation found that the driver of a Toyota Corolla was traveling westbound in the 2000 block of 24th Street when he struck the pedestrian who was lying in the roadway for unknown reasons.<\/p>\n

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A man is dead after police say he was lying on the roadway along 24th Street and was struck by a car Friday night. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

The driver of the Corolla returned to the scene and cooperated with the investigation.<\/p>\n

Police said speed and impairment were not factors in the crash involving the pedestrian and the Corolla; however, the investigation is ongoing as other vehicles are believed to be involved in the crash.<\/p>\n

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A man is dead after police say he was lying on the roadway along 24th Street and was struck by a car Friday night. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man is dead after police say he was lying on the roadway along…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-198242","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\/198242","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=198242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}