BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A woman died after CHP says she was lying on the roadway when she was struck by a car on North Rancho Drive, south of Arvin, early Monday morning.
The California Highway Patrol said on Monday, January 26, 2026, at around 4:52 a.m., officers were called to the area of N. Rancho Drive and Rancho Road, for a report of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.
CHP said a preliminary investigation found that a 23-year-old man was driving a 2010 Honda Civic southbound on N. Rancho Drive, south of Rancho Road. For reasons still under investigation, a 21-year-old woman was lying on the roadway of N. Rancho Drive…