{"id":239833,"date":"2026-03-27T21:44:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239833\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:44:36","slug":"kern-county-resident-killed-in-head-on-highway-166-collision-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239833\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County Resident Killed in Head-on Highway 166 Collision | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Kern County resident was killed in the fatal crash on Highway 166 Wednesday morning<\/a> between a passenger vehicle and a big-rig, the California Highway Patrol <\/a>said in an update.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Around 6:10 a.m., the Tehachapi driver of a Nissan passenger vehicle was traveling eastbound and crossed over the double yellow lines into oncoming traffic, Santa Maria CHP Officer Maria Barriga said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They collided head-on with a commercial big-rig and emergency responders declared the Nissan driver dead at the scene, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The big-rig driver was transported to Marian Regional Medical Center for evaluation and treatment of injuries, the CHP said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The head-on collision was reported east of Pine Canyon Road and Tepusquet Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Barriga said the collision is still under investigation, including the reason the Nissan crossed into the westbound lanes and whether impairment was a factor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The deceased driver\u2019s name was not disclosed, pending notification of next of kin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The crash and emergency response blocked all lanes of the highway for several hours Wednesday morning. Highway 166 connects Santa Maria to New Cuyama and Kern County.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are saddened that a life was lost tragically in this crash. State Route 166 is a roadway that requires drivers to remain attentive and strictly obey traffic laws,\u201d CHP Lt. Joseph Rodriguez said in a statement Friday. <\/p>\n

\u201cCrossing over solid double yellow lines is extremely dangerous and puts everyone on the road at risk. We urge all motorists to exercise caution and remain focused while driving.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Kern County resident was killed in the fatal crash on Highway 166 Wednesday morning between a passenger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,23],"class_list":["post-239833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239833","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=239833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}