Edhat Staff
Photos: SBCFD
By edhat staff
A driver sustained serious injuries after a vehicle rollover on Highway 154 early Monday morning.
At 2:13 a.m., Santa Barbara County firefighters responded with CHP and a ground ambulance to a report of a vehicle accident on Highway 154 near Lake Cachuma. Upon arrival, crews found a vehicle had rolled off the side of the road and landed on its roof approximately 15 feet off the roadway closer to the Camp Whittier area.
There was on occupant inside the vehicle, the driver, who was pinned and required extensive extrication. The patient was labeled with a red tag, severe and life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the collision is unknown with CHP investigating.
You are so right DTM. People over do it on 154 and it is very dangerous.
Your buddy A- gets pretty worked up at everything, and makes so many comments that he is practically only talking to himself. He really does need to cool off.
12:27 and 1:06 are not the same person, FYI.
DANTHEMAN any response?
I am getting so tired of the number of rollovers on our highways. I will bet that IF they analyze their cell phones at the wreck site, they will discover that the drive was probably jerking around with their cell phone at the majority of these accidents. Distracted driving is such a huge risk to all of us. I constantly see it on the freeways and city streets as these people are drifting all over the place.
Enforcement with large fines is the key to saving lives. Unfortunately, many times these turn into head on collisions with some one fatally injured.
YETI – It’s the 154…. there’s tons of wildlife to avoid hitting, there’s sudden curves to overcorrect on, also it was 2am and the driver may have dosed off and run off the road… there are MANY reasons other than cellphones for a rollover here at this time of night. Try having some compassion instead of anger over your assumptions. Seriously…. YOU are tired of rollovers? How about the people involved? Get over yourself.
I was first on the scene night driving to Santa Barbara. It was raining also Please People stop speeding on 154!!!! Seems everyone goes 65-70 now and cops rarely ticket them. Slow down!! It’s 55 not 65!!!
Perhaps you middes this part of the comment…? — “We had 2 large lights on the 154 asking for people to help.”
Who cares who was there first, as if anybody sane would aspire to be there watching that scene unfold