MAN HIT AND KILLED BY TRUCK

The CHP says a man who swiped a bicycle outside a gas station convenience store in southeast Bakersfield was hit and killed by a truck as he was escaping. The accident happened in front of the Fastrip on Pacheco Road and South Union Avenue around 6:40 Thursday morning, and Officer Vaughn Cain says the flatbed driver did not have enough room to stop. Police who were coming back from a nearby officer-involved shooting helped close the streets.

Kelli Forsch