Man killed in crash on Highway 126 outside Piru identified

A Bakersfield man who died in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 126 outside Piru last week has been identified.

Troy Jackson, 25, died of multiple blunt-force injuries, the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday.

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The incident was reported shortly after 3:40 p.m. Thursday on westbound 126, east of Center Street, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Jackson’s 2002 Jeep had been reported swerving from lane to lane, CHP said, before multiple callers said the Jeep had gone off the road and crashed into avocado trees on the north side of the highway.