BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is remembering one of its own who died in the line of duty in 1980.
Sergeant Patrick D. Vegas was responding to a crash when a vehicle collided with his motorcycle on June 20, 1980, according to police officials.
Vegas served in the Army from 1966 to 1969 in the infantry. He was wounded during his time in Vietnam and awarded the Purple Heart…