BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the driver killed after allegedly leading officers on a pursuit and crashing into Lake Isabella as 21-year-old Ashot Geboyan of Van Nuys.
The California Highway Patrol said on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at around 6:16 p.m., a CHP Bakersfield Area unit working within the Kern Valley area saw a traffic violation involving a white 2018 Land Rover and tried to initiate an enforcement stop near Scodie Avenue and Dunwood Street.
According to CHP, the driver of the white Land Rover, identified as Geboyan, failed to yield, and a pursuit ensued onto southbound Sierra Way…