NEW DETAILS ON FATAL PARKWAY CRASH

Bakersfield Police say the EB lanes of the Westside Parkway between Mohawk Street and Calloway Drive will be closed until 1pm or longer due to fatal crash at Coffee Rd. exit. Drivers are being taken off the freeway via the Calloway Drive onramp. The victim is a man who slammed into the guardrail at about 70mph around 9:45 this morning, causing the truck to flip and the cab to slam into the sign post for the Coffee Road exit.

Suzanne Grant