On Friday night, October 15, a man died in a crash following a police pursuit in Bakersfield.

According to police, they responded to a call about a suspect involved in a burglary earlier in the week at around 7.30 pm. They then spotted the vehicle the suspect was in and followed it but the suspect then turned off his headlights and started heading westbound on eastbound Highway 58 speeding at up to 90 miles an hour along the center median. He then turned left and lost control near Union Street, crossed into the eastbound lane and hit a vehicle being driven by 20 year old Jessica Nino of Bakersfield. The suspect’s vehicle then flipped. The passenger in the vehicle, 51 year old Cristobal Montes of Lamont was uninjured but the driver died at the scene.

The crash is still under investigation and the suspect has not been named.

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Early on Saturday morning, August 20, a woman died in a wrong way accident in Bakersfield.

According to police, the accident happened around 5.30 a.m. to McKee Road, just west of Racine Avenue. Amy Ruiz, aged 40 was driving a maroon sedan westbound in the eastbound lane of McKee Road. It is not know why she was on the wrong side of the road, nor is her speed known. She then hit a gardening truck head on and had to be extricated from the vehicle by fire crews. She was declared dead at the scene

The driver of the gardening truck was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

The investigation is ongoing and it is not yet known if drugs or alcohol were involved.

The following day, on Sunday afternoon a single vehicle accident left a woman dead on State Route 178.

California Highway Patrol say this accident happened just after 2 p.m. when 28 year old Angela Romero of Bakersfield lost control of the car and went over to the right shoulder where the vehicle rolled three times and Romero was ejected. She was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

If you or someone you love has suffered as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, please call the Bakersfield attorneys of the Law Office of Curtis Floyd, at (661) 633-2055 or contact us online to schedule your free initial consultation.

On Friday night, July 8, there was a fatal rollover crash on Morning Drive.

According to officials, the accident happened around 9.00 p.m. on Morning Drive just south of Highway 178. When officials from the Kern County Fire Department as well as Bakersfield Police Department responded to the crash they found a small white Chevrolet sedan which had been driven southbound by 22 year old Tony Bailey on Morning Drive from State Highway 178. It appears that it passed another vehicle and then for reasons as yet unknown the driver drove off an embankment.

When the authorities arrived there were three occupants outside the vehicle, including Bailey, all of whom were taken to a local hospital with moderate injuries. Two other occupants of the vehicle had been ejected and they were both declared dead at the scene.

Bailey was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and booked into the Kern County Jail for felony DUI and two counts of vehicular manslaughter.

If you or someone you love has suffered as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, please call the Bakersfield attorneys of the Law Office of Curtis Floyd, at (661) 633-2055 or contact us online to schedule your free initial consultation.