Kern County Fire personnel had to extricate the GMC driver before being transported to the hospital where they died
Bakersfield, CA. – A driver was killed in a high-speed crash on Saturday morning in Bakersfield.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened around 7:30 a.m. on Kimberlina Road near Root Avenue.
A GMC Sierra pickup truck was heading eastbound on Kimberlina Road when it crashed into a John Deere tractor traveling southbound across the road.
Kern County Fire personnel had to extricate the GMC driver from the vehicle before being transported to Kern Medical Hospital in Bakersfield, where they later died.
The driver of the John Deere tractor was not injured.
More details about the accident were not released.
An investigation into the accident is underway.