Two dead, one vehicle involved in Kern River Canyon accident

FILE – A California Highway Patrol officer stops a motorist in Anaheim, Calif., April 23, 2020. State authorities were investigating Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, after a California Highway Patrol officer struck a man on a Los Angeles-area highway shot during a fight over the weekend that was captured on video. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – A motorcycle and a vehicle were involved in a fatal highway crash in the Kern River Canyon Sunday afternoon.

On May 12, two people were killed in a motorcycle-vehicle accident in the Kern River Canyon. According to CHP’s traffic information page, the collision occurred just after 4 p.m.

Firefighters had to penetrate about 50 feet (15 meters) into the canyon near mile markers 23 and 24.

The Kern County Coroner’s Office will provide additional information once the investigation is complete.

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