Tracy McPherson, 50, dies when her disabled car is hit by allegedly intoxicated driver on Highway 58 in Bakersfield, California
Woman killed when vehicle crashes into her disabled car
Gilberto Gallegos Jr. was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado west on Highway 58, at about 2:15 a.m. within an unknown lane, at an unknown speed, west of Oswell Street and approaching a 1995 Ford Thunderbird, according to a California Highway Patrol news release.
Highway 58 car collision victim ID'd by coroner
Tracy McPherson, 50, was driving west on Highway 58, west of Oswell Street, when she was hit by another vehicle, the coroner said in a news release.
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