BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified an 80-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman who died in a crash in the Rosamond area on Dec. 10.
Coroner officials said Richard Madril Diaz, 80, of Rosamond, was driving a vehicle that collided with another car near West Avenue A and 70th Street West shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 10.
Maria De Jesus Zuniga Rivas, 65, was a passenger in the vehicle with Diaz.
Both Diaz and Rivas were pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the California Highway Patrol, Diaz was driving a Honda southbound on 70th Street West while another man was driving a Jeep eastbound on Avenue A. The two vehicles collided as they approached the intersection.
Emergency crews transported the Jeep’s driver to Antelope Valley Hospital.
CHP said driving impairment does not appear to have played a role in the crash.
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