BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A 76-year-old Palmdale man died Saturday afternoon after crashing his vehicle into a canal near Bear Mountain Boulevard and Rockpile Road within the property of the Arvin Edison Water Storage District.
The California Highway Patrol said on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at around 4:04 p.m., officers were called to Bear Mountain Boulevard, east of Rockpile Road, for a report of a crash into a canal that resulted in one death.
According to CHP, a preliminary investigation found that a 76-year-old man from Palmdale was driving a black 2006 Cadillac DTS northbound within the property of the Arvin Edison Water Storage District at an undetermined rate of speed…