BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A suspected DUI crash in northwest Bakersfield left a man in critical condition at the hospital, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. Officers also said the intersection of Hageman Rd. and Fruitvale Ave. is closed in all directions while officers investigate.<\/p>\n
Officers first responded to that intersection for a crash involving two vehicles on Nov. 2, 2025, around 7:03 a.m.<\/p>\n
When they arrived, they found a Mazda Miata and a Mitsubishi Outlander that had crashed in the intersection.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Miata suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Outlander, a woman, and a juvenile passenger also suffered minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital.<\/p>\n
Another passenger in the Outlander, a man, suffered major injuries and is in critical condition at a hospital, according to BPD.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation determined the driver of the Outlander was traveling eastbound on Hageman Rd. and stopped at a red light.<\/p>\n
When the light turned green, the driver of the Outlander drove into the intersection at the same time as the Miata, which was traveling south on Fruitvale Ave.<\/p>\n
Officers said speed and intoxication are believed to be factors in the collision.<\/p>\n
The intersection of Hageman Road and Fruitvale Avenue is closed in all directions while officers continue their investigation, which is ongoing.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A suspected DUI crash in northwest Bakersfield left a man in critical condition at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-35062","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\/35062","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=35062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}