{"id":245395,"date":"2026-03-31T18:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/245395\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:09:25","slug":"pedestrian-hospitalized-dog-killed-after-struck-by-vehicle-on-chester-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/245395\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian hospitalized, dog killed after struck by vehicle on Chester Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A pedestrian is hospitalized, and a dog died after being struck by a vehicle on Chester Avenue Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Police Department said on Monday, March 30, 2026, before 10 p.m., officers were called to the intersection of Chester and California Avenues for a report of a vehicle versus a pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p>BPD said a preliminary investigation found that the driver of the vehicle was traveling northbound on Chester Avenue and had a green light as it entered the intersection at California Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bakersfield police, a pedestrian in the crosswalk, walking against a red light, was struck by the vehicle. The pedestrian was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive. A dog was also struck by the vehicle and died.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A pedestrian is hospitalized, and a dog died after being struck by a vehicle on Chester Avenue Monday night. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0bfefb4f-0c69-4f80-926f-7e93778975ce-Sequence_LINARES_PEDVSVEHCHESTERANDCALI_0001_frame_2303.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A pedestrian is hospitalized, and a dog died after being struck by a vehicle on Chester Avenue Monday night. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver remained on scene and cooperated with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, alcohol and speed do not appear to be factors.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests were made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A pedestrian is hospitalized, and a dog died after being struck by a vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-245395","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\/245395","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=245395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}