Edhat Staff
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
The Coroner’s Bureau is releasing the identity of the decedent from the two-vehicle crash on Foxen Canyon Road, south of Tepesquet Road in Santa Maria on 3/5/23 as 18-year-old Nathan Johnson from Santa Maria.
CHP is investigating the cause of the crash.
By the edhat staff
Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to the 7600 block of Foxen Canyon Road in Santa Ynez on Sunday for a reported traffic collision.
Crews arrived on the scene at 10:01 a.m. and discovered a Yamaha motorcycle collided with a Honda Accord.
Two engines with paramedics arrived on the scene and despite their best efforts, the 18-year-old male motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, according to County Fire Captain Scott Safechuck.
The identity of the victim has yet to be released.
The cause of the collision is under investigation.
So sad. My condolences to his loved ones.
The collision occurred as the Honda was traveling north and the motorcycle was southbound. The motorcycle drifted across the double yellow lines and slammed head-on into the Honda, which was driven by 42-year-old Bobbie Dowdy of Arroyo Grande. The rider was ejected from the motorcycle, and several witnesses rushed to provide him aid before emergency personnel arrived. Dowdy and her passenger were not injured in the crash, the CHP said.
The crash is under investigation by the CHP, which said weather, drugs and alcohol were not factors in the collision.
https://www.noozhawk.com/motorcyclist-killed-in-collision-on-foxen-canyon-road-near-sisquoc/