Car Accident Bakersfield Ca August 19 2025. Highway 178 in the kern river canyon was closed for several hours friday following a vehicle accident and oil spill, according to caltrans, which reported the road reopened shortly after 4 p.m. Near the intersection of norris road and mignonette.
At least one person is dead after a car crash south of bakersfield, according to the california highway patrol’s incident page. A car accident in coalinga killed a bakersfield man and left two other people injured around 5 a.m.