BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Bakersfield police are remembering an officer who died on this day in 1983.
Officer William Sikola, also known as Pepsi Cola, died on July 17, 1983 after crashing on his motorcycle.
The department said Sikola was responding to assist a fellow officer catch a fleeing driver on northbound Highway 99 when he lost control of the bike, hitting the center divider. He was just south of the 24 Street exit when he wrecked, police said…