BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — One person is dead and two others were injured after fiery head-on crash early Friday morning on Stockdale Highway.
The crash was reported around 12:38 a.m. along Stockdale Highway, west of Driver Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Investigators said a 2018 Freightliner truck hauling an enclosed semi-trailer was traveling westbound on Stockdale Highway near Driver Road at around 52 to 55 mph when the driver suddenly crossed into eastbound traffic into the path of a driver of a 2021 Freightliner tow truck. A third vehicle — a 2003 Honda Odyssey — was involved in the collision…