BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 12-year-old girl died and three other people were injured after a car struck four pedestrians in southwest Bakersfield on Saturday evening, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.<\/p>\n
Police said officers responded to the 3800 block of Harris Road near Marin Street at approximately 6:36 p.m. on Oct. 31.<\/p>\n
Investigators said a man driving a red Hyundai sedan eastbound on Harris Road struck four pedestrians who were walking south within an unmarked crosswalk at the intersection.<\/p>\n
The pedestrians included two adults and two children. All four were taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where the 12-year-old girl later died.<\/p>\n
Police said the other three pedestrians suffered injuries that do not appear to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n
The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. Police said it is not yet known whether speed or impairment contributed to the crash.<\/p>\n
The girl’s identity will be released by the Kern County Coroner’s Office.<\/p>\n
The crash happened along a stretch of Harris Road where residents have repeatedly called for traffic safety improvements.<\/p>\n
Bakersfield police previously reported 16 crashes resulting in death or major injuries along Harris Road over a five-year period.<\/p>\n
In May, three people were killed in a separate crash along the roadway, renewing concerns about speeding and traffic safety.<\/p>\n
A new radar speed sign was recently installed near Harris Road and Summer Springs Drive, east of Saturday’s crash.<\/p>\n
The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bakersfield Police Department at 661-327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 12-year-old girl died and three other people were injured after a car struck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-514808","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\/514808","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=514808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}