A Bakersfield man was killed in a traffic collision on the southbound I-5 freeway in Gorman.

David Paul Frost, 48, of Bakersfield, has been identified as the man who was killed when his car smashed into a stopped truck that had a flat tire, according to a report and Lt. Ed Winter with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.

Around 3:55 a.m. Friday, a 28-year-old man from Fountain Valley, was driving a 2014 Freightliner Box Van Truck on the southbound I-5 freeway in the number two lane approaching Quail Lake Road, according to a California Highway Patrol report.

The vehicle’s right front tire began to deflate quickly and he moved his vehicle to the left in the number one lane where the vehicle became disabled, according to the report. The driver got out of the vehicle to inspect it.

Moments later, Frost was driving a 2003 Volkswagon Jetta southbound in the number one lane.

“Due to (Frost’s) unsafe speed for traffic conditions, (Frost) failed to stop (his vehicle) in time to avoid a traffic collision,”  said Officer D. English in a report.

As a result of the crash, Frost’s car was lodged under the rear of the truck and Frost suffered fatal injuries, according to the report.

The driver of the truck was not injured in the collision.

Alcohol and/ or drugs are not suspected to be a factor in the crash, according to the report.