A 39-year-old Bakersfield woman who died when her car hit a tree off northbound I-5 in Lebec is identified as Leilani Lecesne. CHP Officer Richard Anthes says she was driving too fast in the hard rain that struck around 7am Thursday, as were other drivers who also had spinouts in that area. That prompted officers to conduct Round Robin traffic breaks, Lecesne’s car also went through a barbed wire fence.

Suzanne Grant