Six people are in the hospital after a fiery crash in central Bakersfield Thursday morning. Police say alcohol was a factor in the crash.
Investigators say it was just after 2:00 a.m. when 18-year-old David Longoria was allegedly driving drunk and hit another car at the intersection of California Ave. and Oak St.
No one died, but locals say this should be a lesson in preventing a tragedy in the future.
"As I'm getting out of my car I hear a bang," said David Northam.
When David Northam looked up while getting gas he saw a scary sight, a fiery crash involving teenagers and alcohol. He rushed to the scene to help.
"I thought he was deceased when I got there and then I saw the flames."
Police say Longoria sped through a red light and smashed into the other car. They say Longoria had been drinking and didn't have a driver's license.
No one died in the crash, but it's enough to scare Northam.
"I got a kid that just graduated, it really touches home," he said.
Emergency personnel constantly warn drivers not to drink and drive yet it still happens.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving advocate Carla Pearson thought it would never happen to her, until she lost her son.
"I would walk by the television and I would see the stories and I would stop and say it was sad, never knowing that our family would go through something like losing a son."
It's a simple message: "Don't drink and drive." Yet, every summer, especially when school gets out, drinking and driving remains a problem.
Pearson says there's a simple way to protect yourself from people who are drinking and driving, texting or just not paying attention.
When the light turns green, wait, look left and look right. She says it could save your life.
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