{"id":457483,"date":"2026-09-08T20:06:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457483\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T20:06:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:06:52","slug":"pedestrian-killed-by-vehicle-allegedly-involved-in-bakersfield-police-pursuit-2-arrested-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457483\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian killed by vehicle allegedly involved in Bakersfield police pursuit, 2 arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 22-year-old man was killed after a vehicle allegedly involved in a pursuit with Bakersfield police was trying to avoid a spike strip and struck him early Saturday morning. Two people inside the vehicle were arrested.<\/p>\n

The Bakersfield Police Department said on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at around 1:30 am, officers assigned to the Special Enforcement Unit (SEU) were trying to find a wanted suspect, 21-year-old Isaiah Andrade.<\/p>\n

Police said Andrade had an active Ramey warrant for his arrest for firearm possession and gang-related charges, and the gun was still believed to be in his possession at the time of this investigation.<\/p>\n

According to police, Andrade was observed near Clover Mountain Court and Pine Meadow Drive in Oildale, and when officers tried to apprehend him, he entered the passenger side of a vehicle and drove away from officers.<\/p>\n

SEU officers pursued the suspect vehicle, driven by 20-year-old Gabriel Lopez, who continued to evade officers at high speeds, according to police.<\/p>\n

Police said as the suspect vehicle traveled south on Airport Drive, officers deployed spike strips as an intervention technique at the intersection of Airport Drive and Olive Drive.<\/p>\n

Bakersfield police said the suspect vehicle tried to avoid the spike strips, lost control, and struck a man on the west sidewalk of the roadway. The pedestrian died.<\/p>\n

The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified the pedestrian as 22-year-old Kevin Daniel Stevens of Bakersfield.<\/p>\n

Both Lopez and Andrade ran away from the vehicle but were quickly apprehended by SEU officers following a minor use of force.<\/p>\n

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A pedestrian was killed after a vehicle allegedly involved in a pursuit with Bakersfield police was trying to avoid a spike strip and struck him early Saturday morning. PHOTO: KNN.NEWS<\/p>\n

Lopez and Andrade were both taken to a hospital for medical clearance and will be booked for applicable criminal charges related to firearms possession, gang activity, felony evading, and Andrade\u2019s arrest warrant.<\/p>\n

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A pedestrian was killed after a vehicle allegedly involved in a pursuit with Bakersfield police was trying to avoid a spike strip and struck him early Saturday morning. PHOTO: KNN.NEWS<\/p>\n

The California Highway Patrol is handling the traffic collision investigation. BPD is conducting a related criminal investigation.<\/p>\n

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A pedestrian was killed after a vehicle allegedly involved in a pursuit with Bakersfield police was trying to avoid a spike strip and struck him early Saturday morning. PHOTO: KNN.NEWS<\/p>\n

Police said pending criminal charges related to the crash and the pedestrian\u2019s death will be determined and applied by CHP at the end of their investigation.<\/p>\n

This investigation is being treated as a critical incident by BPD, and an administrative investigation is being conducted.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 22-year-old man was killed after a vehicle allegedly involved in a pursuit with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-457483","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\/457483","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=457483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}