Edhat Staff
On Monday morning, emergency responders were called to the scene of a single-vehicle accident on Highway 101 Northbound at Santa Claus Lane in Carpinteria.
The vehicle was reported to have left the road at Via Real, rolled over, and come to rest after breaching a chain-link fence adjacent to the highway.
The California Highway Patrol (CHP), along with Firefighters from Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Department, American Medical Response (AMR), and Santa Barbara Towing, was dispatched to the scene following the 9 a.m. call.
Both the driver and a newborn, who were in the vehicle at the time of the incident, were able to get out. The newborn was uninjured and the driver was transported to Cottage Hospital for assessment.
The accident is currently under investigation by the CHP to determine the specific cause and circumstances surrounding the event.
Traffic flow on Highway 101 Northbound was impacted as a result of the crash and subsequent emergency response operations.
glad there was no injuries. But how do you roll a vehicle over? Granted construction is a factor but everyone should slow down.
Pop–as I’ve described before in a similar post, cars nowadays, especially SUVs, are made with much lighter materials and are taller than in the past. Tire technology has improved drastically in recent years and tires “stick” better than they used to. Not to long ago, cars were made of steel and heavier, and tires weren’t as grippy. So those cars when hit or jerked suddenly by the driver tended to slide more. The new cars, being lighter, taller and grippier, when hit or jerked suddenly don’t slide; the tires grip and that energy ends up rolling the vehicle. Back in the day a vehicle rollover was most often the result of a very violent crash. Nowadays all it takes, is say….looking up from a text to see that you’re drifting into another lane and suddenly correcting, or hitting the concrete barrier in a no-shoulder construction zone like much of the 101 in south SB County, and the car is gonna slide a bit, those tires are gonna grip and the car is gonna roll. The incidence of vehicle rollovers has greatly increased in the last ten years and has forced first responders to adapt to dealing with cars on their tops and sides, which they’ve done using stabilizing equipment.
How is hwy construction involved when she was on Via Real? There is no construction on Via Real.