Drunk driving tragedy claims the life of 6-year-old girl in Bakersfield

It’s happened yet again. A 6-year-old girl is killed in a traffic accident right here on East Panama Lane and police say a suspected drunk driver caused it. I’m Chantaye Imani, your Bakersfield neighborhood reporter.

Around 7 a.m., Sunday morning a black sedan and an SUV were going westbound on East Panama Lane near Cottonwood Road.

Police say the driver of the sedan rear-ended the SUV at a high rate of speed, causing the SUV to roll and the sedan to veer off the road into an adjacent vineyard…

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