{"id":316914,"date":"2026-05-15T08:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316914\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:19:09","slug":"speed-radar-to-be-added-near-dangerous-harris-road-intersection-after-neighbors-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316914\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed radar to be added near dangerous Harris Road intersection after neighbors\u2019 concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A speed radar is being added near the intersection of Harris Road and Summer Springs Drive following <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bakersfield-police-investigating-crash-in-sw-bakersfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">last month\u2019s deadly crash <\/a>and years of concerns from neighbors about speeding and repeated collisions along Harris Road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/gofundme-launched-to-support-son-after-parents-killed-in-harris-road-crash-bakersfield-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED: GoFundMe launched to support son after parents killed in Harris Road crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/68700e69-7788-41c7-8cc7-9b68c6927312-Media2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An Eyewitness News photographer spoke with a worker who confirmed the speed radar is now being added near the intersection.<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield police said the April crash happened when a driver traveling at a high rate of speed rear-ended an SUV that was stopped at a stop sign. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777092997_12_7fc8c559-9987-4c23-9e4a-e56cddeb4630-Media20260423T200744.512.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A GoFundMe has been made for Omar Zacarias and Silvia Reyes for funeral expenses and for the couple\u2019s son. CREDIT: GoFundMe\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/03ad438d-090c-403f-bc00-b5dcd4f84224-102954465_1777389340310282_r.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A GoFundMe has been made for Omar Zacarias and Silvia Reyes for funeral expenses and for the couple\u2019s son. CREDIT: GoFundMe<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver and a couple in the SUV were killed. They were identified as  34-year-old Sandra Lee Slaydon, 49-year-old Omar Zacarias and 51-year-old Silvia Reyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A speed radar is being added near the intersection of Harris Road and Summer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-316914","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\/316914","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=316914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}