BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman died after the SUV she was driving hit a tree Saturday evening in a rural area northwest of Wasco, according to California Highway Patrol.
Officers received a call about the crash at 8:36 p.m. and arrived to find a 2003 Nissan Xterra had hit a tree after traveling off Bell Road, south of Peterson Road, according to CHP. The driver and sole occupant was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver’s name will be released by the coroner’s office…