Coroner identifies man killed in alleged DUI crash on Fairfax Rd

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man killed by an alleged drunken driver in a crash early Sunday.

The man was identified as Salvador Gallegos Jr., 35, of Bakersfield.

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Gallegos Jr. was driving on Fairfax Road at around 12:30 a.m. when a man driving a pickup truck and suspected of DUI drifted in Gallegos’ vehicle causing a head-on collision.

Gallegos Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene…

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