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Driver and Passenger Killed in Bakersfield Crash in May Identified
Kern County Coroner’s Office Identifies Two People Killed in Head-On Collision on Highway 43 in Bakersfield
Driver and Passenger Killed in Bakersfield Crash in May Identified
Bakersfield, California: The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified the two people who died in a head-on collision that took place in Bakersfield as Oscar Alejandro Silva Cuevas, 29, of Fresno, and 69-year-old Herminia Perez.
The two died in a crash that occurred around 3:34 a.m. on May 12 on northbound Highway 43, north of Pond Road.
Investigators said Cuevas was driving a Honda northbound on the highway when, for an unknown reason, he drifted to the left directly into the path of a southbound Dodge, resulting in a head-on collision.
Cuevas and Perez died in the crash.