Bakersfield, CA – Injuries Reported in Taft Highway (CA-119) Auto Accident
Bakersfield, CA (August 16, 2020) – A car accident early Sunday morning sent at least one person to an area hospital with injuries. At 12:48 a.m., on August 16, the California Highway Patrol responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Taft Highway (California State Highway 119).
Reports from authorities show that a collision involving motor vehicles took place on Taft Highway near the intersection with Ashe Road. At least one person involved in this crash was injured. Medical personnel responded to the scene and rendered aid to those harmed before transporting an unknown number of victims to area hospitals for treatment. At this time, the circumstances surrounding the crash are under investigation.
Our thoughts are with the victim injured in this accident, his family, and everyone who has been affected.
Car Accidents in California
More than 400 people are injured in auto collisions across the state of California every single day. The aftermath of a collision is a stressful and overwhelming period in a person’s life. Quite often, victims are overcome with questions and uncertainty and not sure of how to move forward. To add to the mental and physical pain and suffering victims endure, they often face towering medical bills while being forced out of work for their injuries. When victims are injured in collisions resulting from negligent and reckless drivers, they should reach out to a car accident attorney in California as soon as possible. Victims may be entitled to compensation to help alleviate the financial burdens they face moving forward.
Since 1983, California personal injury attorneys at Torem & Associates have helped thousands of people throughout Los Angeles County and southern California protect their legal rights after being harmed in accidents caused by negligent and reckless drivers. Our attorneys are committed to helping our clients get the justice they truly deserve after suffering mental, physical, and financial damages as a result of another person’s negligence. We provide aggressive and trusted legal representation to ensure our clients are in the best position possible to move forward, get the medical treatment they need for their injuries and recovery. If you’ve been injured in a collision, and you believe a negligent driver caused your accident, contact our personal injury law firm at (888) 500-5000 to see how we can help you.
Note: Our team of writers utilizes secondary sources when creating these posts. These sources include but are not limited to local news reports, police accident reports, and eyewitness accounts about serious injury accidents in Bakersfield. For that reason, the details surrounding the incident have not been independently verified by our team of writers. If you locate any information that is not correct in our post, please contact our firm right away so that we correct the post to reflect the most accurate information available.
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