BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 60-year-old man died after his sedan veered off Highway 155 west of Air Force Way and crashed into a tree Thursday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n
CHP Bakersfield Area units responded to the crash at about 5:14 p.m. Thursday, April 9, 2026, after receiving reports of a solo vehicle collision involving a sedan.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation found the man was driving a 2004 Toyota Camry westbound on Highway 155 at an unknown speed when, due to unsafe speed, he was unable to maneuver a curve and the car left the road. The Camry continued off the road and ultimately struck a tree.<\/p>\n
The driver suffered major injuries and was taken by Liberty Ambulance from the crash scene to the Democrat helicopter landing pad for medical evacuation by helicopter. While waiting for the helicopter to arrive, he died at the scene.<\/p>\n
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CHP said it was not yet known whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the crash. The crash is under investigation.<\/p>\n
The identity of the man will be released at a later time by the Kern County Coroner’s Office.<\/p>\n
Anyone who has any information regarding this crash is asked to call the CHP Bakersfield Area office at (661) 396-6600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 60-year-old man died after his sedan veered off Highway 155 west of Air Force…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-262130","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\/262130","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=262130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}