The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man killed after being struck by a hit-and-run vehicle on East Brundage Lane as 64-year-old Manuel Rodriguez Chavez.

RELATED: Bakersfield police investigate fatal hit-and-run on E. Brundage Ln.

The Bakersfield Police Department said on May 31, 2025, at around 10:27 p.m., officers responded to the 200 block of E. Brundage Lane for a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.

When officers arrived, they found the pedestrian, identified as Chavez, in the roadway suffering major injuries. Medical aid arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene.

Police said a preliminary investigation found that the pedestrian was walking in the roadway when he was struck by a vehicle travelling westbound on Brundage Lane.

The driver drove away from the s

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