Edhat Staff
Photo: SBCFD
Update by California Highway Patrol
The initial investigation revealed the driver, operating a 2006 Nissan Altima, was stopped facing south in a parking lot in the 6700 block of Del Playa Dr. and the pedestrian was standing next to the vehicle near the open driver door. The motorist suddenly accelerated backward, striking the pedestrian with the open door, knocking her to the ground, and collided with three parked vehicles. The motorist stopped and accelerated forward, causing the front of the vehicle to strike the neighboring building which caused a rupture of the natural gas line and significant structural damage. The driver then accelerated backward, spinning around and striking a fourth parked vehicle. The motorist then fled the scene in the vehicle, which he abandoned in the 700 block of Camino Pescadero in Isla Vist, and fled in an unknown direction on foot.
As a result of the collision, the County of Santa Barbara Planning and Development Department building inspector red-tagged the structure which was hit as being unsafe for habitation due to the amount of damage. The pedestrian was treated at the scene by Sant Barbara County Fire Department and AMR ambulance personnel for her injuries.
The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office and UCSB Police responded to the scene to assist the Santa Barbara CHP. The name of the motorist [an 18-year-old male from Goleta] is being withheld pending further investigation. Alcohol is a possible factor in this collision.
**NOTE: This is a preliminary assessment as the investigation is still on-going.
By edhat staff
A vehicle crashed into the side of a home in Isla Vista causing the building to be uninhabitable and displacing twelve residents.
At 9:30 p.m. Friday, Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBCFD) responded to 6769 Del Playa Drive and found a vehicle had gone off the road and crashed through a fence and through the outer wall of a house.
There was one minor injury on scene but the patient was not transported to the hospital. The collision also broke the gas and water line to the home.
The building department was on scene and rendered the home “uninhabitable” displacing twelve residents.
An update on the condition of the driver of the vehicle has not been released.
Absolutely! Have you never been to IV? Been that way for as long as I can remember. Just as bad by SBCC
They go after Pini for overcrowded rentals. How do I.V. landlords get away with it?
The landlords aren’t renting to that many people! The students are breaking the rules.
There are a number of comments about “how are these tenants (or landlords) getting away with this?” As far as I know there are not occupancy ordinances which apply. So it is the market which dictates the occupancy. Rents are high in IV due to close proximity to UCSB and wonderful beaches and beach trails, hence students need alot of roommates to afford the rent!
OH YEAAAAAHHHH!
Good ole IV! At least nobody was seriously hurt.
One of the newer, built in 2008, 2 bedroom, 2 bath that’s seen the rent drop this month from ( by Zillow ) $4,700 to an affordable even 4 K. Kids might as well stay through the summer for a deal like that. With it’s 50′ setback from the cliffs definitely worth rebuilding.
It sounds like this could have been much worse. So one minor injury is probably a lucky outcome from yet another senseless attack with a car. David Attias killed 5 with his Volvo in 2001 and Elliot Rodger struck 3 and killed 1 with his BMW in 2014. Maybe we should do a back-ground check for people to buy gasoline.
Whoa, is 10:42am a bot? Weird.
12 in a two-bedroom, 2 bath? Sure it’s students?
His name was just released on the keyt newscast. Website not updated yet with his name. He is from LosAngeles living in Isla Vista. Curious why this is being buried. Another out of area SBCC student perhaps? Or not. Just curious about a pattern.
It’s not buried, what a strange assumption!
Some years back there was a big deal about a homeowner above APS taking in renters to share the house. The big deal that made it quit was the fact there can only be so many “nonrelated” people living in a home. I think the homeowner lost the case.
CHP just released the name publicly, it’s not being buried weirdo. ……… Curious though, why was he not charged with hit and run, fleeing the scene, etc?