BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Two men remain in critical condition after their vehicle allegedly ran a stop sign at Brimhall and Renfro roads, crashed into a dirt berm, and overturned early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
The Bakersfield Police Department said on September 19, 2026, at around 12:12 a.m., officers were called to the intersection of Brimhall Road and Renfro Road regarding a single-vehicle traffic crash.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they found a silver Nissan sedan in a field west of the intersection.<\/p>\n
The driver and passenger, both men, sustained severe injuries and were taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n
Police said as of Saturday morning, both remain in critical condition.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation found that the Nissan was traveling westbound on Brimhall Road when the driver failed to stop at the posted stop sign and continued into an adjacent field at a high rate of speed, according to police.<\/p>\n
The vehicle subsequently struck a large dirt berm and overturned.<\/p>\n
Police said it is currently unknown whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the crash.<\/p>\n
The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Two men remain in critical condition after their vehicle allegedly ran a stop sign…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-470991","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\/470991","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=470991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}