BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Alcohol and/or drugs are suspected factors in a deadly crash on Highway 58 that left one person dead early Saturday morning. A GoFundMe was made for the passenger killed.
The California Highway Patrol said on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at around 3:43 a.m., officers were called to Highway 58 at Bena Road, for a two-vehicle crash.
CHP said a preliminary investigation found that a 2002 Mazda pickup truck was traveling eastbound on Highway 58, west of Bena Road, at speeds of 70 to 75 mph in the number two lane, approaching the rear of a 2016 Freightliner semi-truck with trailer…