{"id":61621,"date":"2025-11-20T06:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/61621\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T06:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:31:31","slug":"man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-deadly-dui-hit-and-run-in-sw-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/61621\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested on suspicion of deadly DUI hit-and-run in SW Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing a man in a drunken driving hit-and-run incident in October, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.<\/p>\n

Nicholas Aguirre, Jr., 38 was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and hit-and-run causing injury, according to police.<\/p>\n

Aguirre was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Lerdo Pre-Trial Facility, police said.<\/p>\n

Man found dead on road in SW Bakersfield neighborhood <\/a><\/p>\n

Jared Paul Mitchell, 47, of Bakersfield was found dead<\/a> in the 7900 block of Camino Media just after 8 a.m. Oct 12, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Investigators with Bakersfield police have been working to confirm what caused Mitchell\u2019s death since October.<\/p>\n

Police also previously said preliminary evidence suggested a car may have struck Mitchell, but no vehicle nor driver were at the scene.<\/p>\n

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