23-year-old Bakersfield man identified after deadly crash on Highway 178

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man who died in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 178 Friday morning has been identified by the Kern County Coroner’s Office.

Alejandro Marix Manriquez-Chavez, 23, died in a crash on Highway 178 near the Beale Avenue exit, the coroner said. The crash occurred at about 1 a.m.

According to the highway patrol, a Saturn Ion was parked along the right shoulder of eastbound Highway 178 near Beale Avenue. Two people were in the parked vehicle.

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The driver of a Hyundai Santa Fe was traveling at a high speed and approaching the Saturn, according to CHP. The driver of the Hyundai drifted into the right shoulder and struck the parked Saturn…

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