On Friday night, November 11, there was a deadly crash in southwest Bakersfield following a police pursuit.

According to police, officers tried to stop 18 year old Nigel Eddie Nieto but he did not yield and he took off westbound on Ming Avenue where he then ran a red light and hit another car going southbound. In total four cars were involved in the collision.

When police investigated, they found him to be under the influence of alcohol and drugs and he was taken to hospital due to his injuries and subsequently booked into the Kern County jail.

His passenger in the vehicle was 18 year old Alexander Barajas and he was declared dead at the scene.

Nieto is now facing charges of failing to yield causing death, DUI causing injury while under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs, suspended license and murder.

Some of the drivers and passengers of the other vehicles received minor injuries.

If you or someone you love has been injured in an accident, please call the Fresno accident attorneys of the Law Office of Curtis Floyd, at (661) 633-2055 or contact us online to schedule your free initial consultation.

A Bakersfield man is under arrest for felony DUI after a crash in Santa Maria that killed two children.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened on Monday September 5, when 36 year old Jerald Holman driving a red Toyota Camry at speed, swerved into oncoming southbound traffic on Highway 166 and hit a Chevrolet head on. The Toyota went air bound and his two step children aged 7 and 4 were ejected and were pronounced dead at the scene. Holman and his passenger, 26 year old Todeshia Lewis of Bakersfield had minor injuries.

On his release from hospital he was arrested and charged with eight felonies including Second Degree Murder and Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated.

If convicted, Holman faces life in state prison.

In the second vehicle, 30 year old Aaron Pyne and 31 year old Katherine Pyne, both of Yucaipa had minor and moderate injuries and two children in the vehicle, a 7 year old girl and a 9 year old boy both had fractured ankles,

If you or someone you love has been injured in an accident, please call the Fresno accident attorneys of the Law Office of Curtis Floyd, at (661) 633-2055 or contact us online to schedule your free initial consultation.