BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified the second driver who died in a head-on collision on Highway 46 early Saturday morning.
Gael Salto Fernandez, 20, of Wasco, was driving a 2011 Toyota Corolla eastbound on Highway 46, east of Kurt Road, according to officials.
For unknown reasons, Fernandez traveled across the center dividing lines of Highway 46 and collided head-on into a Toyota Prius traveling westbound at around 2:30 a.m…