NAME WITHHELD IN STREET RACING CRASH

The Coroner’s Office is withholding the name of the man who died in a suspected street racing crash in southwest Bakersfield until they find his family. Police say his BMW may have been racing a motorcycle Friday afternoon when he lost control and crossed the center median before slamming into a tree near Old River Elementary School on Gosford Road. Rescuers were unable to pull him from the burning car. The motorcycle rider left the scene.

Suzanne Grant