Edhat Staff
Photos: SBCFD
By edhat staff
Seven vehicles were involved in a collision with two injuries on Highway 101 southbound at the Turnpike offramp on Friday evening.
At 5:20 p.m., Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to the scene and discovered extrication was required on two vehicles. There were two people injured, one with serious injuries and one with moderate injuries. Both patients were transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital via ground ambulance.
Traffic restrictions are in place in the area. Firefighters will remain on scene to clean up and assist with law enforcement’s investigation.
It appears like the black car might have been traveling at high speed and sideswiped a bunch of the other cars that were waiting at the light signals. I was once in a car (backseat passenger) where the driver was exiting the freeway while checking his phone for message. We ended up hitting a guardrail and bouncing back into a ditch. We were all okay (there were three of us: the driver and two passengers), but very shaken up. Our friend who was driving was not cited, but he had to spend nearly $2,400 getting his car fixed! Yikes!
Driver was not cited!?! Why not?
So, you confirmed to you driver that’s it’s ok to text while high while driving, so he got away with what could have been a horrible, bloody crash, and the cops would buy his story. Let me guess – he’s white, right?