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Update by edhat staff
Two people have died following a traffic collision involving a DUI on Cathedral Oaks in Goleta Tuesday evening.
The Coroner’s Bureau released the names of the victims involved as 40-year old Gilberto Arteaga-Gutierrez of Santa Barbara and 45-year old Silvia Velasco of Lompoc.
Around 7:30 p.m., Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to Cathedral Oaks, west of Camino Cascada and discovered a four-vehicle collision between Kellogg and Cambridge.
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBCFD) reported two black tags (fatalities) with heavy extrication and one green tag (minor injury) being transported to the hospital.
California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported a 31-year-old man was driving a 2016 Toyota 4-Runner eastbound on Cathedral Oaks at high speeds when the front end of the SUV struck the back of an eastbound 2002 Ford Mustang.
The Mustang spun around and struck two parked vehicles along the south curb of Cathedral Oaks. The occupants of the Mustang, Arteaga-Gutierrez and Velasco, were pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver of the 4-Runner, 31-year-old Andrew Raymond Burgher of Santa Barbara, was determined to be intoxicated at the time of the collision and sustained minor injuries. He was arrested and booked for murder and Driving Under the Influence (DUI) with a bail set at $2 million.
A small dog was also found inside the 4-Runner but was ok and transported to County Animal Services.
A fire hydrant was also damaged and the roadway was closed for a period of time.
CHP is asking that anyone with information related to this incident contact them at 805-967-1234.
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Reported by Scanner Andrew
7:38 p.m., October 27, 2021
A traffic collision occurred at Cathedral Oaks and Camino Cascada involving multiple vehicles and fatal injuries
Agree 100% on everything. Reduce the speeds now; this is not a 101 alternative.
40 mph Cathedral Oaks road is not the problem. Of all the accidents most are from excessive speed, racing or under the influence. Put the blame where it belongs. I have no Idea who was involved, I would put money on entitled brats raised with no sense of responsibility.
Totally agree! And we can take away a license, penalize, etc, for a DUI but sadly repeat offenders REOFFEND. This driver has had 2 prior DUIs and who knows how many other times that he wasn’t caught. Also, if you look at his Facebook you can see that he and his best friend had some kind of incident (no details exactly WHAT) a year ago while camping, and his friend end up dying while he recovered. The history of addiction is probably really deep with him, as with so many other “normal” looking people.
It is a terrible tragedy that innocent people are constantly being killed or injured by people like him, who have no regard for others and the sanctity of other lives, they just immerse themselves in their own selfishness. It’s horribly sad and offensive. I feel so bad for the loved ones of those that died for no reason.
Not throwing my hands up and giving up. We have way to many laws on the books addressing this. Judges need to be the last stop on a person like this. Lots of questions. Was the car registered to him? Why is he allowed to have a vehicle after 2 DUI’s. Who supplied the alcohol. Needs to have his ID marked no alcohol. He has proven he can not think for himself so the legal system must.
He’s probably at the bar celebrating his get out of jail free drink right now!!!!
I don’t mind having the highest prison population in the world. We uniquely also have the most freedom to act for the greater good, or to act crazy. When crazy is against the law, then off to the slammer. No skin off my nose. No more supremely dangerous bad actors being kept out of prison – the sooner and the more the merrier. It is all about choice ultimately. And life behind bars is a choice. Provide the hots and cots, because it is a lot cheaper than letting lawless crazy harm others.
I believe the speed limit there is only 40, so is 35 safer? I think most of these deaths are from impaired drivers so, 5MPH or whatever isn’t going to help. Not sure how to fix it. Maybe all of our cancel/ shaming community can start a campaign against DD. Maybe if it gets in people’s heads that they will be blasted on social for leaving a bar after too many drinks?
Sure, Byzantium, the only problem with that is prison just doesn’t really work. It doesn’t work as a deterrent and it doesn’t work to rehabilitate, it just warehouses people and then releases them with additional criminal training gained inside to be used on you and me.
On point; speed limits and such are not the issue. People like Burgher are.