{"id":516644,"date":"2026-11-03T02:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T02:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/516644\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T02:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T02:28:42","slug":"bakersfield-police-pickup-driver-killed-in-crash-near-crossing-guard-escorting-kids-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/516644\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield police: Pickup driver killed in crash near crossing guard escorting kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pickup truck driver was killed Thursday afternoon in a crash at Columbus Street and Bucknell Street while a crossing guard was escorting children across the road.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Courtesy: RD on the Scene\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793672918_506_2a347224-5d70-41cb-91d0-51a17afb8531-Screenshot20261102134432.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: RD on the Scene<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened around 2:20 p.m. when an older model pickup truck traveling west on Columbus Street hit the back of another vehicle that was slowing for the crossing guard, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The pickup driver, who was the only person inside the truck, suffered major injuries and was pronounced dead by medical personnel.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(KBAK\/KBFX)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793672919_943_1126d0a7-9cb2-4ee5-ac8c-101ef39d4629-Screenshot20261102134538.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The driver of the other vehicle was not hurt. The crossing guard and the children were also not injured.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Courtesy: RD on the Scene\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793672920_662_3a164637-063a-4730-bd81-d93a1874529a-Screenshot20261102134448.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: RD on the Scene<\/p>\n<p>The speed limit along that stretch of Columbus Street is normally 40 mph, but because children and a crossing guard were present, police said the area was an active school zone with a 25 mph speed limit at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe speed and intoxication were factors in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing, and police are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the Bakersfield Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Later Friday evening, while an Eyewitness News crew was reporting from the same area, another crash happened near Columbus and Bucknell.<\/p>\n<p>The crew had activated the pedestrian crossing signal and was walking through the crosswalk after a driver stopped to let them cross. <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo of flashing lights at the crosswalk on Columbus Street and Bucknell Street where two crashes happened in two days. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793672921_757_be052179-f2d5-4b68-a4fd-7997dc4a1dc3-Sequence_LINARES_CROSSWALK_0001_frame_1608.jpeg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo of flashing lights at the crosswalk on Columbus Street and Bucknell Street where two crashes happened in two days. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>Video captured another vehicle approaching from behind and rear-ending the vehicle that had stopped.<\/p>\n<p>The other driver then left the scene after the collision.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(KBAK\/KBFX)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793672922_129_3b603132-57a5-400d-a74b-c980d2584b72-Screenshot20261102161918.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Eyewitness News is working to learn more about that second crash and will continue looking into crashes and safety concerns along this stretch of Columbus Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pickup truck driver was killed Thursday afternoon in a crash at Columbus Street and Bucknell Street while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-516644","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\/516644","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=516644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}