BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Speed and intoxication are believed to be factors in a crash where a vehicle hit a power pole, a fire hydrant, and a block wall in southwest Bakersfield Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The Bakersfield Police Department said on June 27th, 2026, at around 3:32 p.m., officers heard a crash in the 2300 block of Ashe Road and immediately responded.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they found that one vehicle, a gray Chevy Camaro, had collided with a power pole, a fire hydrant, and a block wall.<\/p>\n
Police said that both occupants, identified as two men, got out of the vehicle and declined medical aid on scene.<\/p>\n
Police said that as a result of the collision, a power outage happened in the surrounding area and a water main had to be shut down due to the ruptured fire hydrant.<\/p>\n
PG&E and Cal Water employees were at the scene to restore services.<\/p>\n
According to police, a preliminary investigation found that the driver of the involved vehicle was travelling south on Ashe Road when he struck the center median and lost control of the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Police said speed and intoxication are believed to be factors in the crash.<\/p>\n
The driver of the vehicle was taken to a hospital for medical clearance, where it was discovered he sustained severe injuries. Police said he was in “critical but stable condition.”<\/p>\n
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Speed and intoxication are believed to be factors in a crash where a vehicle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-379453","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\/379453","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=379453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}