West Jordan Man Dies in Bakersfield Crash Due to Enlarged Heart, Coroner Reports
Omar Marlyn Archie, 45, of West Jordan, Utah, died in a solo-vehicle crash in Bakersfield, California, on September 8. The incident occurred around 4:53 a.m. in the 3800 block of Marriott Drive, where his vehicle crashed and subsequently caught fire. Archie was pronounced dead at the scene. The Kern County Coroner's Office conducted a postmortem examination, which determined the cause of death to be cardiomegaly, commonly known as an enlarged heart, of unknown source. Soot inhalation was also identified as a significant contributing condition.
