BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Three people died, and one person was hospitalized following a head-on crash on Taft Highway Saturday night.
The California Highway Patrol said on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at around 7:41 p.m., officers were called to a report of a three-vehicle traffic crash on Taft Highway, near Harrison Road.
CHP said a preliminary investigation found that a Taft man was driving a 2020 Ford Ranger eastbound on Taft Highway, west of Harrison Road. A Bakersfield man was driving a 2015 Mercedes sedan, with a passenger, identified as a man, westbound on Taft Highway, west of Harrison Road, approaching the Ford. A Santa Maria woman was driving a 2018 Honda HR-V westbound on Taft Highway, west of Harrison Road, directly behind the Mercedes…