Crime & Safety

18-year-old charged with DUI in motorcycle crash that occurred hours before graduation

KGET 17 News · June 1, 2026

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- An 18-year-old man was charged Monday with felony driving under the influence in connection to a motorcycle crash last week that injured him and a passenger hours before their high school graduation. Michael James Smith III was charged with two counts of felony DUI causing injury, and infractions of operating a [...]

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