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Three people, including an infant, were injured in a head-on traffic collision near Duncan and Foothill Roads on Monday afternoon.
At 1:22 p.m., Santa Barbara County firefighters were assisted by Santa Barbara City fire crews as they responded to a traffic collision in the San Roque area. Upon arrival crews found two vehicles had collided head-on with a total of three patients.
Two adults and one infant sustained mild to moderate injuries. No extrication was required as all patients were transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital via ground ambulances.
California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of this collision. Foothill Road is closed in the area.
Injury traffic collision at Duncan and Foothill Roads. It’s a white sedan vs Toyota truck.
As long as we’re speculating, maybe one of the drivers tried to make an illegal left turn from Duncan onto Foothill.
Possibly the driver of the highly damaged passenger car was going in reverse UP Foothill so they could back down Duncan. The other driver was probably totally surprised and/or not paying attention to the reversing driver. I don’t really know this for sure though.
It’s kind of surprising we don’t have more crashes, considering how very easy it is to move the steering wheel just a little bit wrong and end up in the wrong place, at speed. I hope the injured folk heal completely.
Drove on Foothill this evening (6:30 p.m.) and was delighted to have a slow truck ahead of me, for miles and miles. We went the speed limit and a touch under. Too bad for the jerk drivers who like to ride right up on top of you, hoping to “push” you into speeding.
hi, so this story is now about you and your driving style? edhat please change the title of this post to ” Minibeast’s driving tips “.
I’m sorry MINI but deliberately trying to slow traffic down is just as bad as deliberately trying to speed it up. Two jerks don’t make a right.
Beware, if you hold up 5 or more cars in the area where this accident occurred you are committing a crime!!! CVC 21656 states: “On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because of traffic in the opposite direction or other conditions, any vehicle proceeding upon the highway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time, behind which five or more vehicles are formed in line, shall turn off the roadway at the nearest place designated as a turnout by signs erected by the authority having jurisdiction over the highway, or wherever sufficient area for a safe turnout exists, in order to permit the vehicles following it to proceed. ” Note that it refers to “normal speed of traffic” and not to the speed limit. You are required by law to pull over to allow faster traffic to pass, irregardless of the speed limit.