{"id":464629,"date":"2026-09-15T16:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464629\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:46:08","slug":"los-angeles-woman-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-cuddy-valley-road-near-frazier-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464629\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles woman killed in head-on crash on Cuddy Valley Road near Frazier Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 55-year-old Los Angeles woman died Sunday afternoon after her vehicle veered off, overcorrected, and collided head-on with a truck on Cuddy Valley near Frazier Park.<\/p>\n

The California Highway Patrol said on Sunday, September 13, 2026, at around 2:20 p.m., officers were called to Cuddy Valley Road, west of Ivins Road, for a report of a two-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n

CHP said a preliminary investigation found that 57-year-old Sean Thompson from Frazier Park was driving a Ford F-250, within the eastbound lane of Cuddy Valley Road, west of Ivins Road. According to CHP, at the same time, a 55-year-old Los Angeles woman was driving a Toyota Echo, westbound on Cuddy Valley Road.<\/p>\n

CHP said for reasons to be determined, the Toyota veered off the roadway to the right, overcorrected to the left, and drove into the direct path of the Ford.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Ford tried to move out of the way, however, was unsuccessful and both vehicles collided head-on, according to CHP.<\/p>\n

No passengers were in either vehicle.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Ford remained on scene and cooperated with the investigation.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Toyota died.<\/p>\n

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Alcohol and\/or drugs were not a factor in this crash for the driver of the Ford, according to CHP.<\/p>\n

CHP said it is unknown if alcohol and\/or drugs were a factor for the 55-year-old female Toyota driver.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to call the CHP Fort Tejon Area office at (661)248-6655.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 55-year-old Los Angeles woman died Sunday afternoon after her vehicle veered off, overcorrected,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-464629","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\/464629","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=464629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}