BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A driver of a Jeep was arrested for DUI after a crash in southeast Bakersfield left a girl with severe injuries.<\/p>\n
The Bakersfield Police Department said on March 22, 2026, at around 10:03 p.m., officers were called to the 6600 block of Cottonwood Road regarding a crash.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they found a gray Honda sedan and a white Jeep sport utility vehicle disabled in the roadway. The Honda was occupied by driver, identified as a woman, and a juvenile passenger, identified as a girl.<\/p>\n
The sole occupant and driver of the Jeep was identified as a man.<\/p>\n
Both drivers sustained minor to moderate injuries. The juvenile passenger of the Honda suffered severe injuries.<\/p>\n
All parties were taken to a hospital. <\/p>\n
Police said a preliminary investigation found that the Jeep was traveling southbound on Cottonwood Road, when it veered into the opposing lane and collided with the northbound traveling Honda.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Jeep was determined to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of the collision and arrested for DUI.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A driver of a Jeep was arrested for DUI after a crash in southeast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-232786","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\/232786","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=232786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}