A pickup truck driver was killed Thursday afternoon in a crash at Columbus Street and Bucknell Street while a crossing guard was escorting children across the road.
The crash happened around 2:20 p.m. when an older model pickup truck traveling west on Columbus Street hit the back of another vehicle that was slowing for the crossing guard, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.
The pickup driver, who was the only person inside the truck, suffered major injuries and was pronounced dead by medical personnel.
The driver of the other vehicle was not hurt. The crossing guard and the children were also not injured.
The speed limit along that stretch of Columbus Street is normally 40 mph, but because children and a crossing guard were present, police said the area was an active school zone with a 25 mph speed limit at the time of the crash…