BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A woman is dead after being struck by a minivan while riding an electric scooter in central Bakersfield just after midnight Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Bakersfield Police Department officers were called to the intersection of 4th and P streets, where they found the woman with major injuries north of the intersection.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation indicates the woman was heading west in the north crosswalk of 4th Street when she was struck.<\/p>\n
BPD said the driver of the minivan remained at the scene. Driver impairment was not considered a factor in the crash.<\/p>\n
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