{"id":217023,"date":"2026-03-12T21:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217023\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:24:06","slug":"gofundme-created-for-man-killed-in-solo-motorcycle-crash-in-southeast-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217023\/","title":{"rendered":"GoFundMe created for man killed in solo-motorcycle crash in southeast Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Coroner\u2019s Office has identified the <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bpd-speed-suspected-in-fatal-solo-motorcycle-crash-on-mount-vernon-avenue-bakersfield-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">motorcyclist killed after a solo-vehicle crash<\/a> in southeast Bakersfield as 29-year-old Paul Anthony De Leon Jr. of Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bpd-speed-suspected-in-fatal-solo-motorcycle-crash-on-mount-vernon-avenue-bakersfield-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BPD: Speed suspected in fatal solo-motorcycle crash on Mount Vernon Avenue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Police Department said on March 8, 2026, at around 8:25 a.m., officers were called to the intersection of South Mount Vernon Avenue and East Planz Road regarding a solo-motorcycle crash.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the motorcyclist, identified as De Leon Jr., died.<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield police said a preliminary investigation found that the motorcyclist was traveling south on Mount Vernon Avenue when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway, and the crash happened.<\/p>\n<p>Police said speed is believed to be a factor in the crash. Bakersfield police said at the time, it is not known whether impairment may also have been a factor, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The coroner\u2019s report said De Leon Jr. lost control and collided with a guard gate.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-paul-deleons-family-son\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GoFundMe <\/a>was made for De Leon Jr. It said, \u201cHe was a loving father to his 4-year-old son Xavier, a brother, a son, and a cherished friend to many. Paul\u2019s absence is felt every day by his family and all who loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Coroner\u2019s Office has identified the motorcyclist killed after a solo-vehicle crash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-217023","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\/217023","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=217023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}