{"id":435998,"date":"2026-08-18T06:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435998\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T06:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:01:22","slug":"three-killed-three-injured-in-fiery-wrong-way-crash-on-highway-99-in-bakersfield-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435998\/","title":{"rendered":"Three killed, three injured in fiery wrong-way crash on Highway 99 in Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Three people were killed, and three others were hurt in a fiery three-vehicle wrong-way crash on southbound Highway 99 near 7th Standard Road early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

The California Highway Patrol said on Sunday, August 16, 2026, at around 12:44 a.m., officers responded to a three-vehicle wrong-way crash on southbound Highway 99, north of 7th Standard Road.<\/p>\n

CHP said the crash involved a 2022 Honda Accord driven by an unidentified female, a white 2019 BMW 530i driven by a 44-year-old man, and a white 2022 Chevrolet Colorado, driven by a 41-year-old woman.<\/p>\n

CHP said investigators are currently looking into which vehicle was driving the wrong way.<\/p>\n

As a result of the crash, the Honda immediately became engulfed in flames, and all three occupants inside died, according to CHP.<\/p>\n

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Three people were killed, and three others were hurt in a fiery three-vehicle wrong-way crash on southbound Highway 99 near 7th Standard Road early Sunday morning. PHOTO: KNN.NEWS<\/p>\n

The driver and solo occupant of the BMW sustained severe injuries and the two people in the Chevrolet sustained minor injuries from the crash.<\/p>\n

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Three people were killed, and three others were hurt in a fiery three-vehicle wrong-way crash on southbound Highway 99 near 7th Standard Road early Sunday morning. PHOTO: KNN.NEWS<\/p>\n

Southbound Highway 99 was momentarily closed with a detour in place.<\/p>\n

CHP said it is unknown if the use of alcohol and or drugs were a factor in this crash.<\/p>\n

If anyone has any information regarding this crash, call CHP Bakersfield at (661)396-6600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Three people were killed, and three others were hurt in a fiery three-vehicle wrong-way…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-435998","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\/435998","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=435998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}