47-year-old pedestrian killed under Mt. Vernon Avenue overpass identified: coroner

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 47-year-old man has been identified after being struck and killed by a car in east Bakersfield Sunday night.

Lister Mora Prudencio was fatally struck by a car on Edison Highway the night of March 9, according to the Kern County Coroner’s Office. The crash occurred on Edison Highway, underneath the Mount Vernon Avenue overpass, at about 10:41 p.m.

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Medical personnel declared him deceased at the scene.

California Highway Patrol officers concluded that he was struck by a vehicle in the westbound lanes of Edison Highway after walking northbound into the lanes of travel, outside a crosswalk…

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