{"id":59395,"date":"2025-11-18T23:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/59395\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T23:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:59:07","slug":"hearing-delayed-for-man-charged-in-dui-crash-killing-6-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/59395\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing delayed for man charged in DUI crash killing 6-year-old girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A preliminary hearing for Cesar Magana-Mendoza, a 20-year-old man charged in connection with a suspected DUI crash that resulted in the death of a 6-year-old girl, Azmeret Mayall, has been delayed until Feb. 10, 2026.<\/p>\n

RELATED: 6-year-old child dies after suspected DUI crash in southeast Bakersfield<\/a><\/p>\n

Magana-Mendoza faces multiple charges, including gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. He pleaded not guilty<\/a> on Sept. 30.<\/p>\n

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The suspected DUI driver, Cesar Magana, pleaded not guilty to a crash that killed a 6-year-old girl and injured others. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

RELATED: Family of 6-year-old killed in suspected DUI crash in Bakersfield urges tougher laws<\/a><\/p>\n

Authorities allege Magana-Mendoza was speeding when he rear-ended another vehicle carrying a mother, an infant, and 6-year-old Azmeret Mayall.<\/p>\n

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A 6-year-old child died a day after a suspected DUI crash in southeast Bakersfield Sunday morning. The suspected DUI driver, 20-year-old Cesar Magana, was arrested. PHOTO: RD on the Scene<\/p>\n

The Bakersfield Police Department said on September 28, 2025, at around 7:41 a.m., officers responded to the intersection of Cottonwood Road and E. Panama Lane regarding a multi-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n

When officers arrived, they found the crash site in the 2600 block of E. Panama Lane.<\/p>\n

The driver of the SUV, a woman, and an infant passenger suffered minor to moderate injuries. Azmeret Mayall, who was in the SUV, suffered major injuries. All 3 were taken to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n

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A 6-year-old child died a day after a suspected DUI crash in southeast Bakersfield Sunday morning. The suspected DUI driver, 20-year-old Cesar Magana, was arrested. PHOTO: RD on the Scene<\/p>\n

Police said Mayall was transported to Orange County Children\u2019s Hospital for further treatment, but died on Sept. 29.<\/p>\n

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The driver of the sedan, identified as Magana-Mendoza, allegedly showed symptoms of impairment and was taken into custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A preliminary hearing for Cesar Magana-Mendoza, a 20-year-old man charged in connection with a suspected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-59395","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\/59395","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=59395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}