{"id":373888,"date":"2026-06-25T02:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373888\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:29:08","slug":"a-grimmway-farms-employee-died-june-17-after-a-tractor-rolled-off-highway-166","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373888\/","title":{"rendered":"A Grimmway Farms employee died June 17 after a tractor rolled off Highway 166."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A Grimmway Farms employee was killed in a work-related accident on June 17 shortly after noon.<\/p>\n<p>According to Cal Fire, the employee was driving a tractor when, for an unknown reason, it rolled off Highway 166 in Cuyama and caught fire. The San Luis Obispo County Coroner&#8217;s Office said the employee suffered severe burns and succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The employee worked for Grimmway Farms through a farm labor contractor. CalOSHA is investigating the accident.<\/p>\n<p>Grimmway Farms issued a statement following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We extend our deepest condolences to the employee&#8217;s family, loved ones, and coworkers during this difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A Grimmway Farms employee was killed in a work-related accident on June 17 shortly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":["post-373888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373888","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=373888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}