BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A man is dead after a wrong-way crash on 24th Street in Bakersfield early Saturday morning.
Police say the man was driving east in the westbound lanes of 24th Street at a high rate of speed with his headlights off when he crashed head-on into another vehicle.
The wrong-way driver died at a local hospital. The other driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Investigators believe the wrong-way driver was impaired at the time of the crash.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at 327-7111.
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