{"id":385761,"date":"2026-07-04T03:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/385761\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T03:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:45:20","slug":"he-was-probably-so-scared-vigil-held-for-california-ave-dui-crash-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/385761\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He was probably so scared\u2019: Vigil held for California Ave DUI crash victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Friends and family of a man who was killed in an alleged DUI crash June 28 held a vigil near the crash site Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe was probably so scared. To look and see that he couldn\u2019t prevent it that he couldn\u2019t stop in time,\u201d Greg Fraley\u2019s stepdaughter, Devin Brown, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tears fell to the parking lot blacktop as she thought of what her stepfather\u2019s last moments were like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sunday night, just after midnight, 63-year-old Greg Fraley was headed west on Chester Lane when a silver Mazda hatchback ran a red light and smashed into Fraley\u2019s BMW sedan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fraley was rushed to Kern Medical, however, he was pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A father, grandfather and friend to many was mourned at a vigil in his honor, held at the very intersection where he was struck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Watch 17 News, After Sunrise and more local news free on your smart TV. Click to learn more about KGET+;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Watch 17 News, After Sunrise and more local news free on your smart TV. Click to learn more about KGET+&quot;}\"> Watch 17 News, After Sunrise and more local news free on your smart TV. Click to learn more about KGET+ <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brown remembered a summer day when she was young, when Fraley taught her how to color, \u201cHe bought me a coloring book, and he taught me how to shade, how to color correctly and I took that throughout my life. I still use the same techniques he taught me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other friends and family said Fraley was the kindest, helpful and loving guy you could meet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe always had my back and I always had his. We could always rely on each other,\u201d said Rhonda Brown-Tutor, Fraley\u2019s sister-in-law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On one poster, family and friends wrote a message to Fraley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s just a tragic waste that he left us like this,\u201d said Donna Wruck, a friend of Fraley\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The driver that struck Fraley has been identified as 23-year-old Gavin Mundschau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI causing injury. His blood alcohol content was 0.089% at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He pleaded not guilty and has been released from custody as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Family at Fraley\u2019s vigil is calling for the maximum sentence and wants Fraley\u2019s story to show other people to not get behind the wheel if they\u2019ve been drinking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe all know the dangers of driving and drinking, one decision changed countless lives forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. 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