{"id":434911,"date":"2026-08-17T01:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T01:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434911\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T01:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T01:10:07","slug":"3-dead-in-wrong-way-highway-99-crash-near-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434911\/","title":{"rendered":"3 dead in wrong-way Highway 99 crash near Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Three people are dead after a wrong-way, three-vehicle crash on Highway 99 early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to California Highway Patrol Bakersfield, a white Honda Accord was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes on Highway 99, north of 7th Standard Road, when it collided with a white BMW 530i and a white Chevrolet Colorado, at around 12:44 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The crash caused the Honda to catch fire. CHP says all 3 occupants inside the vehicle died from their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The driver and one other occupant of the BMW sustained major injuries. The 2 occupants in the Chevrolet sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say it is unknown whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to call California Highway Patrol Bakersfield at (661) 396-6600.<\/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 Three people are dead after a wrong-way, three-vehicle crash on Highway 99 early Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":["post-434911","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\/434911","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=434911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}