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Serving the community since 1922
The scene of the 2022 fatal DUI at Shafter Avenue and Burbank Street.
A Wasco man received a prison sentence of over eight years for a DUI-related crash in July 2022 that killed a 1-year-old infant and left five others injured in Shafter, according to Kern County Superior Court records.
The crash occurred on July 23, 2022, at approximately 4:30 p.m., when Irving Rodriguez-Barraza was driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck eastbound on Burbank Street with a passenger.
According to the California Highway Patrol, Rodriguez-Barraza ran a stop sign at the intersection of Shafter Avenue and collided with the left side of a 2017 Jeep heading north. The collision killed 1-year-old Aislyn Kamila Tejeda and caused injuries to five others.
The Jeep was pushed into a nearby almond orchard, striking two poles and an almond tree before overturning onto its left side. The Dodge Ram crashed into a stop sign northeast of the intersection. Rodriguez-Barraza was arrested at the scene.
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