LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police are searching for a Taft resident accused of striking and killing a motorcyclist on Kern Street on Sunday morning, said officials.
It happened on July 27, 2025, at approximately 10:43 a.m., when Taft police officers responded to reports of a crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck in the 1000 block of Kern Street.
Upon arrival, medical personnel determined that the motorcyclist, who was the sole occupant of the motorcycle, had died from injuries sustained in the collision. The driver of the pickup truck, who was also the sole occupant, had left the scene before officers arrived.
The initial investigation revealed that the pickup truck was traveling westbound on Kern Street and attempted to make a southbound turn into a parking lot, directly into the path of the eastbound motorcycle…