BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 29-year-old Bakersfield man died after CHP says he ran a stop sign and collided with a semi-truck\u2019s trailer at Bear Mountain Boulevard early Friday morning.<\/p>\n
The California Highway Patrol said on Friday, October 23, 2026, at around 3:07 a.m., officers were called to the intersection of Bear Mountain Boulevard and Old River Road regarding a reported two-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck.<\/p>\n
CHP said a preliminary investigation found that a 29-year-old Bakersfield man was driving a 2025 Mercedes-Benz sedan northbound on Old River Road, south of Bear Mountain Boulevard, at an unknown rate of speed. At the same time, a 40-year-old Bakersfield man was driving a 2018 Freightliner, pulling a single trailer, westbound on Bear Mountain Boulevard after coming to a stop at the stop sign at Old River Road.<\/p>\n
CHP said at the intersection, eastbound and westbound traffic on Bear Mountain Boulevard, as well as northbound and southbound traffic on Old River Road, is controlled by stop signs.<\/p>\n
According to CHP, for reasons still under investigation, the driver of the Mercedes-Benz continued northbound into the intersection and collided with the Freightliner’s trailer.<\/p>\n
As a result of the crash, the driver and sole occupant of the Mercedes-Benz sustained severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Freightliner was not hurt.<\/p>\n
CHP said at this time, it is unknown whether alcohol and\/or drugs were contributing factors in this crash.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to call the CHP Bakersfield Area office at (661) 396-6600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 29-year-old Bakersfield man died after CHP says he ran a stop sign and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-505515","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\/505515","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=505515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}