Bakersfield, California — A wrong-way driver died in a head-on crash on Highway 58 near Tehachapi on Wednesday afternoon.
The California Highway Patrol reported that on June 18, 2025, at around 1:31 p.m., officers were dispatched to a vehicle traffic crash on Highway 58, west of Highway 202, near Tehachapi.
According to the CHP, the traffic accident involved a driver who was traveling in the wrong direction.
The driver, a female, is suspected of driving a Jeep westbound on the eastbound lanes of Highway 58, west of Highway 202.
According to the CHP, the crash occurred while a Ram 1500 was driving eastbound on Highway 58, west of Highway 202.
The wrong-way driver died.
The driver of the Ram 1500 was transported to Kern Medical Center with injuries.