{"id":232669,"date":"2026-03-23T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232669\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:16:09","slug":"suspected-dui-crash-in-southeast-bakersfield-sends-three-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232669\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected DUI crash in southeast Bakersfield sends three to hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Bakersfield police are investigating a suspected DUI crash in southeast Bakersfield that sent three people to the hospital Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the crash happened just after 10 p.m. south of Del Oro High School on Cottonwood Road and East Panama Lane. Officers arrived to find a car and a Jeep SUV in the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary investigation indicates the Jeep SUV was heading south on Cottonwood Road when it veered into the opposite lane and struck a car going north. The crash injured the driver of the car and her passenger.<\/p>\n<p>Both occupants of the car were taken to the hospital, along with the driver of the Jeep.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe the driver of the Jeep was under the influence of alcohol.<\/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 Bakersfield police are investigating a suspected DUI crash in southeast Bakersfield that sent three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,61039,155,153,152,154,105536,21625,4879,105537,162,44535],"class_list":{"0":"post-232669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-accident","10":"tag-bakersfield-downtown","11":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","12":"tag-bakersfield-news","13":"tag-bakersfield-police","14":"tag-cottonwood-road","15":"tag-del-oro-high-school","16":"tag-dui-crash","17":"tag-east-panama-lane","18":"tag-kern-county-news","19":"tag-suspected-dui"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232669","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=232669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}