{"id":253456,"date":"2026-04-06T00:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253456\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T00:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:27:12","slug":"hwy-99-southbound-near-delano-at-standstill-overnight-after-saturday-night-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253456\/","title":{"rendered":"Hwy. 99 southbound near Delano at standstill overnight after Saturday night crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

DELANO, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 One person died and several others were taken to the hospital after a crash on Highway 99 at Ninth Avenue on Saturday night. The crash happened due to a wrong way driver who was possibly under the influence, according to the California Highway Patrol. <\/p>\n

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At least four vehicles were involved in a crash that caused standstill traffic for southbound lanes of Highway 99 in the Delano area on Saturday night. This is a photo of one of the involved vehicles. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Officers were called to Hwy. 99 at Ninth Ave. for a report of a crash involving multiple vehicles and a wrong way driver around 9:17 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, 2026.<\/p>\n

Traffic came to a standstill overnight along Hwy. 99, near 11th Ave. as officers conducted their investigation.<\/p>\n

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At least four vehicles were involved in a crash that caused standstill traffic for southbound lanes of Highway 99 in the Delano area on Saturday night. This is a photo of the standstill traffic. PHOTO: Caltrans<\/p>\n

A preliminary investigation found a 28-year-old man was driving a Tesla northbound in the southbound lanes of Hwy. 99.<\/p>\n

A 49-year-old woman was driving a Nissan southbound. A 23-year-old woman was driving a Dodge Charger southbound, behind the Nissan.<\/p>\n

For unknown reasons, the Tesla continued to drive the wrong way, directly into the path of the Nissan. The Tesla eventually collided with the Nissan.<\/p>\n

Due to the crash between the Tesla and the Nissan, the Dodge continued southbound when the front of the Dodge crashed into the Nissan.<\/p>\n

Officials said a passenger in the Nissan was found dead at the scene. The driver and an additional passenger in the Nissan suffered major injuries and were taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n

One person inside the Dodge suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n

Officials said it appears alcohol and\/or drugs were a factor in this crash.<\/p>\n

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At least four vehicles were involved in a crash that caused standstill traffic for southbound lanes of Highway 99 in the Delano area on Saturday night. This is a photo of CHP investigating the incident on Saturday night. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

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Anyone with information on the crash or can help identify the suspect vehicle is asked to contact CHP Bakersfield at (661) 396-6600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DELANO, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 One person died and several others were taken to the hospital after a crash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-253456","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\/253456","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=253456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}