BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — An 87-year-old Taft man, Lloyd Carroll Byrd, died after a crash with another vehicle on Taft Highway on January 31, 2025, said the Kern County coroner.
At around 12:29 p.m., at the intersection of Taft Highway and Buena Vista Road, Byrd was driving a vehicle when he was involved in a crash.
Byrd was taken to Kern Medical, where he died at 2:06 p.m. An autopsy determined that Byrd died from multiple blunt force injuries, and the manner of death was ruled an accident…