{"id":213495,"date":"2026-03-10T19:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/213495\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T19:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:00:32","slug":"65-year-old-motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-on-sierra-way-in-kernville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/213495\/","title":{"rendered":"65-year-old motorcyclist killed in crash on Sierra Way in Kernville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 65-year-old man died after a solo-motorcycle crash on Sierra Way in Kernville Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The California Highway Patrol said on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at around 3:32 p.m., officers were called to Sierra Way, south of Camp Nine, for a report of a solo-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>CHP said a preliminary investigation found that a 65-year-old man was riding a 2021 Harley-Davidson motorcycle southbound on Sierra Way, south of Camp Nine, at an undetermined rate of speed.<\/p>\n<p>According to CHP, for reasons still under investigation, the rider was unable to negotiate a curve in the roadway. The Harley-Davidson traveled off the roadway and up a dirt embankment in a southeasterly direction.<\/p>\n<p>The Harley-Davidson subsequently overturned, and the rider was ejected.<\/p>\n<p>CHP said during the crash, the rider sustained severe injuries and was later pronounced dead at the scene. At this time, it is unknown whether alcohol and\/or drugs were factors in this crash, according to CHP.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:<a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/motorcyclist-dies-in-solo-vehicle-crash-in-kernville-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Motorcyclist dies in solo-vehicle crash in Kernville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/motorcyclist-dies-in-solo-vehicle-crash-in-kernville-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two weeks prior<\/a>, another motorcyclist was killed after a solo-vehicle crash on Sierra Way, near Cyrus Canyon Road, about a mile away.<\/p>\n<p>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 65-year-old man died after a solo-motorcycle crash on Sierra Way in Kernville Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-213495","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\/213495","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=213495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}