BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A motorcyclist died Friday afternoon after crashing head-on with a flatbed truck after CHP says he crossed a solid double-yellow lines on Highway 155.<\/p>\n
The California Highway Patrol said on Friday, June 5, 2026, at around 1:05 p.m., officers were called to Highway 155, north of Keysville Road, for a report of a crash involving a flatbed truck and a motorcycle.<\/p>\n
CHP said a preliminary investigation found that a 36-year-old man was riding a 2006 Honda 600 RX motorcycle northbound on Highway 155, north of Keysville Road, at an unknown rate of speed. A 39-year-old man was driving a 2014 Freightliner flatbed truck southbound on Highway 155, north of Keysville Road, at around 45 to 50 mph.<\/p>\n
As the Honda and Freightliner approached one another, the Honda traveled to the left, crossed the solid double-yellow lines, and entered the southbound lane, where it collided with the left front side of the Freightliner.<\/p>\n
The impact caused the rider of the Honda to be ejected from the motorcycle in a northeasterly direction onto the roadway of Highway 155. The force of the crash also caused the Honda motorcycle to travel in a northeasterly direction before coming to rest on the roadway. The rider of the Honda was taken to Kern Valley Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash.<\/p>\n
CHP personnel were later notified that the rider had died from his injuries. The driver of the Freightliner reported no injuries and is cooperating with the investigation.<\/p>\n
CHP said it is unknown whether alcohol and\/or drugs were factors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A motorcyclist died Friday afternoon after crashing head-on with a flatbed truck after CHP…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-352205","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\/352205","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=352205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}