BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — It's happened yet again. A 6-year-old girl is killed in a traffic accident right here on East Panama Lane and police say a suspected drunk driver caused it. I'm Chantaye Imani, your Bakersfield neighborhood reporter.

Around 7 a.m., Sunday morning a black sedan and an SUV were going westbound on East Panama Lane near Cottonwood Road.

Police say the driver of the sedan rear-ended the SUV at a high rate of speed, causing the SUV to roll and the sedan to veer off the road into an adjacent vineyard.

A 6-year-old girl in the SUV was killed, while the driver and an infant sustained minor to moderate injuries.

Amber Morales: "Losing children already to that definitely it's really heavy because I can't imagine what that poor mom is going through what she's facing ri

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