{"id":222315,"date":"2026-03-16T16:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/222315\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:59:13","slug":"1-dead-after-hit-and-run-crash-in-south-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/222315\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead after hit-and-run crash in south Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 A woman is dead after being struck by a motorist who fled the scene in south Bakersfield on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pedro Contreras, 42, was arrested for charges related to vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run causing death, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said the crash occurred at about 9:50 p.m., in the 200 block of Belle Terrace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When officers arrived on scene, they determined the woman was on the south shoulder of the roadway and was struck by a vehicle traveling eastbound. Witnesses said the vehicle involved was a dark sedan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bakersfield police believe speed and impairment were factors in the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Contreras was arrested a short time after the incident, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The identity of the woman will be released by the Kern County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Bakersfield Police Department at 661-327-7111.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 A woman is dead after being struck by a motorist who fled the scene&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,324,101549,101550,7349],"class_list":["post-222315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-police-department","tag-pedro-contreras","tag-south-shoulder","tag-vehicular-manslaughter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222315","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=222315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}