BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a 14-year-old driver who died in a crash related to a stolen vehicle pursuit in late January.
Officials identified him as Jabranden Embry Brooks, 14, of Bakersfield. The collision happened on Highway 178 west of Beale Avenue on Jan. 25 around 5:23 p.m.
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Brooks was taken to Kern Medical where he was pronounced dead.
Prior to the crash, Bakersfield police officers near Flower and King streets located a 2014 Hyundai Sonata that had been reported stolen…