BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — The bicyclist who was struck and killed on Highway 178 at Union Avenue on Jan. 4 has been identified as Renessa Leanne Holguin, 44, of Bakersfield, according to the Kern County coroner.
The incident happened at around 9:09 p.m. on westbound Highway 178 at the Union Avenue off-ramp. Holguin was pronounced dead shortly before 9:30 p.m.
CHP’s investigation revealed that Holguin was riding her bicycle west on the Union Avenue off-ramp from westbound Highway 178 when a 23-year-old man driving a 2007 Honda sedan, also westbound on Highway 178, exited onto Union Avenue…