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Kern County Coroner's Office identifies Deion Nobles as man killed in motorcycle crash

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The Kern County Coroner's Office has officially identified Deion Nobles as the man killed in a motorcycle crash by a drunk driver on Friday.

Nobles, 24, was riding a motorcycle Friday when he collided with a pickup truck in the area of Chester Avenue and 2nd Street.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The driver of the pickup truck, identified by Bakersfield Police as Torres Dawson, was arrested for DUI and for gross vehicular manslaughter.

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