{"id":311694,"date":"2026-05-12T08:12:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/311694\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:12:31","slug":"bakersfield-pd-seeking-public-help-finding-driver-who-hit-minor-on-a-motorized-bike-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/311694\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield PD seeking public help finding driver who hit minor on a motorized bike in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the community\u2019s assistance in locating the driver who hit a pedestrian on a motorized mini-bike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The collision happened on April 15, near the 600 block of Planz Road, east of South Chester Avenue, at 10:05 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspect was initially traveling southbound on Union Avenue before turning west onto Planz Road.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"428\" height=\"92\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/acaec5ca35e8407a8d11e7064313bd5a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BPD believes the suspect was driving a light gray Dodge Charger with chrome rims. The suspect fled the scene westbound down Planz Road and northbound on South Chester Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The department reported that it was a juvenile who was rear-ended by the driver. The victim sustained moderate injuries from the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information regarding the driver or the case is encouraged to call BPD Traffic Unit Investigator C. Mejia at 661-852-7161 or the Bakersfield Police Department at 661-327-7111.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the community\u2019s assistance in locating the driver who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,324,130622],"class_list":["post-311694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-police-department","tag-dodge-charger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311694","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=311694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}