UPDATE (May 11, 2:20 p.m.): The name of the man who was killed when struck by a car in Southwest Bakersfield has been released by the Kern County Coroner's Office.
According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, Tanner Austin Abernathy, 30, was hit by a car near the 600 block of New Stine Road around 9:55 p.m. on Tues, May 9. Abernathy died at the scene.
UPDATE (MAY 10): Bakersfield police officers were called to New Stine Road just north of Belle Terrace around 10 p.m. Wednesday night for a crash involving a car and a pedestrian.
Officers found a man down on the road. He died at the scene.
BPD says the driver stayed at the scene and was cooperative with their investigation.
According to police, the man was crossing the street outside of the crosswalk when he was hit. Speed, alcohol, or drugs do not appear to be factors in the collision.
On Tuesday, May 9 at around 10:00 pm, a 23ABC News crew was at the scene of what appeared to be a traffic accident at the intersection of New Stine and Belle Terrace Roads in Southwest Bakersfield near West High School.
Video taken by our crew shows heavy police presence at the intersection, and what looked like a body covered by a tarp could be seen in the roadway along northbound New Stine just north of where the road has been closed.
23ABC News has reached out to the Bakersfield Police Department for more information, which we will bring you as soon as it is available.
