BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A man is dead after a hit-and-run accident in Oildale. Our records indicate this is the 33rd pedestrian fatality this year highlighting a larger problem on the streets of Kern County a problem with elusive solutions. The most recent pedestrian death, on Roberts Lane and Plymouth Avenue around 1:15 this morning. Highway Patrol says the motorist who struck and killed that pedestrian, took off.

CHP has investigated 13 vehicle versus pedestrian deaths this year, 11 of those in Bakersfield. Bakersfield police are investigating 14.

CHP officer Jorge Toro says the number of pedestrian deaths on our roadways is in a small decline compared to previous years, "Even just one is a major tragedy, and it impacts a lot of people, but looking at the years prior, we are in a

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