BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 23-year-old man will be arrested for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated following medical clearance after police say he ran a red light, causing a crash that killed the driver of another vehicle on California Avenue in Bakersfield early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
The Bakersfield Police Department said on June 28, 2026, at around 12:06 a.m., officers were called to the intersection of California Avenue and Chester Lane regarding a crash.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they found a silver Mazda hatchback and a silver BMW sedan involved in the crash. Both vehicles were occupied by men, and neither vehicle had any passengers.<\/p>\n
According to police, a preliminary investigation found that the BMW was traveling southbound on Chester Lane when the Mazda entered the intersection westbound against a red traffic signal, resulting in the crash.<\/p>\n
Police said the driver of the BMW sustained severe injuries and was taken to a hospital where he later died.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Mazda was identified as 23-year-old Gavin Mundschau of Bakersfield.<\/p>\n
According to BPD, Mundschau was determined to be under the influence of alcohol and was arrested for DUI. He sustained minor injuries as a result of the crash and was taken to a hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
Police said after receiving medical clearance, Mundschau will be booked into the Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office Jail for charges including vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 23-year-old man will be arrested for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated following medical clearance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-379497","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\/379497","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=379497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}