{"id":231514,"date":"2026-03-22T18:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T18:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231514\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T18:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T18:32:09","slug":"pedestrian-killed-in-multi-vehicle-crash-on-northbound-highway-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231514\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian killed in multi-vehicle crash on northbound Highway 99"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A pedestrian is dead after being struck by several vehicles on northbound Highway 99 near the White Lane on-ramp, according to the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/cad.chp.ca.gov\/Traffic.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Highway Patrol Incident Information Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened just before 9:30 Saturday night. CHP reported the pedestrian was lying in the roadway before several vehicles struck the person.<\/p>\n<p>Officers confirmed the pedestrian died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Crews shut down lanes to investigate the crash and requested the fire department to respond for a wash down. Traffic is being diverted to Ming Avenue. Drivers should expect major delays tonight.<\/p>\n<p>CHP logs indicate a 2025 Kawasaki KLX230 motorcycle and a full-size SUV were towed from the scene for evidence. <\/p>\n<p>Logs also noted a black Chevrolet Tahoe was involved in the crash, and a red Chevrolet Tahoe was located at the Ming Avenue northbound on-ramp. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, CHP received reports of multiple vehicles driving the wrong way on the White Lane northbound on-ramp.<\/p>\n<p>This is an ongoing investigation. 23ABC will provide updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A pedestrian is dead after being struck by several vehicles on northbound Highway 99&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":["post-231514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231514","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=231514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}