SBPDPIOUpdate by the Santa Barbara Police Department
October 28, 2021
On October 24, 2021, a fatal traffic collision occurred in the 900 block of North Hope Ave. The Santa Barbara Police Department has identified 53-year-old Manuel Zarzoso Sanvictores Jr, as the decedent involved in this accident. It appears the collision is directly linked to his death.
This case is still under investigation.
Source: Santa Barbara Police Department
October 24, 2021
On October 24, 2021, around 2:00am, Santa Barbara Police Combined Communications Center received a frantic call regarding a medical emergency occurring at a residence located on Broadmoor Plaza. It was reported a 53-year-old male had collapsed in his bathroom with an unknown medical condition and required paramedics.
AMR Paramedics and Santa Barbara City Fire Department responded to the home to render aid. While responding, a Santa Barbara Police Dispatcher was providing emergency medical dispatch (EMD) instructions to the reporting party over the phone. Fire department personnel and paramedics arrived and conducted CPR on the patient tirelessly. Tragically, the man passed away.
Officers arrived on scene and started an investigation and learned the male subject had been involved in a traffic collision several hours earlier in the 900 block of North Hope Ave. The man, and a friend were both independently riding mopeds around midnight and accidently collided with each other. Both subjects were thrown from their mopeds and landed on the roadway. Both seemed to be uninjured and remounted their vehicles and traveled to another friend’s house. While at the friend’s home, the 53-year-old started experiencing chest pains, was not feeling well, and decided to go home. Once at home his condition deteriorated quickly, and he was pronounced dead at his home on Broadmoor Plaza.
California state collision reporting guidelines deem any collision where death occurs because of injuries sustained in a collision within 30 days of that collision shall be deemed a fatal traffic accident. It appears at this time the earlier collision was directly linked to the death of the male subject.
The Santa Barbara Police Collision Reconstruction Team responded to the scene of the accident. This incident is still under investigation. The decedents name is being withheld pending notification of family.
Curious about the riding around at midnight and crashing into each other… hard not to assume that they were drinking and driving. This whole thing is random and tragic, very sorry for the family 🙁
Edhat wasn’t even runner up in the just released SB Independent best-of poll. Edhat used to win best local website every year. In edhat’s defense, the Independent awarded itself the winner of best local site which seems unethical.
Mopeds, electric bike behave in totally inconsiderate ways.
Go to the State street Farmers’ market on Tuesday PM . Blocks of the market area are clearly marked as : No bicycles, no Skate Board, No Rollers, Restricted to passerby . Yet there is a constant stream of mopeds, bicycles, rollers and other sorts of vehicles going through with full contempt for people walking there.
And I have NEVER seen a single cop trying to put an end to this dangerous situation !
FONDOFSB – “Mopeds, electric bike behave in totally inconsiderate ways.” Yup…… kind of like guns, not people, kill people?
Edhat won for 10 years in a row then the Independent changed its “voting format” and the Indy has won ever since. Definitely not suspicious at all. /s
Ive never seen a moped on State Street since its been closed. I saw a motorized skateboard once, once.
Strange story. The guy obviously had a cardiac event, but like many men, he ignored it thinking he could tough it out… What that had to do with the scooter crash is a little beyond me. I wonder what the toxicology report will conclude?
Grown men playing Joust on scooters at midnight… Meth? Cocaine? Stupidity? Regardless, RIP fella and condolences to your loved ones.
There is a constant stream of sweeping generalizations and disingenuous comments from NotFondOfManyPeopleInSantaBarbara.
EdHat stopped winning when Peter Sklar died and then his code got wiped out.