BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating a fatal car crash involving a patrol vehicle that took place Sunday morning.
Police say at 5:40 a.m., officers were traveling westbound on Niles Street when a vehicle traveling northbound on Kern Street struck the patrol car. The driver of the vehicle was ejected and pronounced dead on scene. A 2-year-old child and front seat passenger were transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, where the passenger later died.