Bakersfield, CA — KBAK reports that early Wednesday morning, July 24, 2024, a woman lost her life in a single-vehicle rollover crash on an embankment off of Mohawk Street, near the Westside Parkway in Bakersfield.
At 7:17 AM, officers from the Bakersfield Police Department were dispatched to the crash site following reports of an overturned vehicle, which they found near the embankment on the west side of Mohawk Street. The driver, a woman, was found in the driver’s seat with severe injuries. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Initial investigations suggest that she had been traveling westbound on the Mohawk off-ramp from the Westside Parkway at a high rate of speed. She then crossed Mohawk Street, went off the embankment, and overturned multiple times before landing upside down.
The Bakersfield Police Department continues to investigate the incident to determine the exact cause of the crash. The investigation is ongoing.
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