UPDATE: BPD identified the driver of the deadly hit and run. Barry Minor Jr. was arrested and booked into the Kern County Jail for hit and run causing death and for driving while unlicensed.

BPD reports a pedestrian fatality that occurred on Dec. 31, 2021, at 6:53 p.m.

The accident was on the 200 block of Calloway Drive where a Ford SUV hit an adult man before driving off.

The man suffered serious injuries that he later succumbed to at the scene.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call BPD at (661) 327-7111.