Edhat StaffUpdate by the Sheriff’s Office
June 23, 2022
The Coroner’s Bureau is releasing the name of the pedestrian decedent from June 20, 2022, in the area of Hwy 101northbound, north of La Cumbre Road.
The decedent is 47-year-old Noah Richard Turner of Santa Barbara.
By edhat staff
June 20, 2022
A pedestrian was struck and killed on Highway 101 near La Cumbre Road Monday morning.
At 6:45 a.m. a man walked onto the northbound onramp and was struck by a large SUV, reports the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
The man was transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The SUV fled the scene and has not been located.
There’s no further information regarding the SUV. This is an active investigation.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact Santa Barbara CHP at 805-967-1234.
per: “Mitch Henessey:
…everyone knows, when you make an assumption, you make an ass out of “u” and “umption”.” 1996 – The long kiss goodnight (Samuel L. Jackson)
just say’n, no vehicle color etc…
I see everyone missing the fact that if you walk onto a highway you will get hit by a car. Wow.
Yeah, basic missed the most basic aspect of this sad event.
This is what happens when you allow people to live in the bushes adjacent to the freeway. Many people have been hit and killed on Hwy 101. Sad that this person chose to drive away.
YES we ARE allowing them to live in the bushes. So is CalTrans and the City of SB. We can provide temporary housing in the form of emergency shelters. Red Cross does it all the time. People need to get off of the street, out of the bushes, and out of our very dry open spaces. Ca law states you cannot remove them without a bed for them to go to. So supply beds. People can choose to take a bed, or move along. No public camping in outside of campgrounds. No outdoor fires. No public drug use. No highly flammable tents and propane tanks. Move them.
We are on track for a horrible fire season. Do we have to wait until a neighborhood burns down, or someone burns to death before we move people to safer places?
Another motorist saw that it was a SUV that hit/ran, they called it in with information, doesn’t sound like they got a license plate as CHP might say they have a person of interest undergoing questioning. This is a sad event, yes, but this will keep on happening when we allow people to live in the bushes. The people in the bushes can sometimes be under the influence, this causes them to do things that most people know will end badly. Next, how do we stop people from walking onto the freeway and living in the bushes next to human killing machines traveling at 65+ mph? Don’t want to state the obvious, this will keep happening.
Close but no, “allowing” people with no other options to live in public spaces is not the problem. This is what happens when you ignore the most despondent, struggling sector of society. Instead of controlling the growing wealth gap and using the extreme excess to provide basics for all members of society, we turn a blind eye and blame these folks for living on an on-ramp. What we really have is a major societal failure. Eat the rich. This cannot continue.
More like that is so basic no one felt the need to mention it.
Agreed Matt. I believe the root cause is general denial of what the problem truly is. It is commonly said that people living in the bushes are “homeless.” The logic goes that we can’t prohibit “homeless” people from living in public spaces because housing is too expensive for them to afford. While it is true that the people living in the bushes are without homes, this is a symptom of their real problems and not the cause. The crisis we are facing is one of addiction, not housing. It primarily involves an assortment of increasingly potent and dangerous street drugs like meth and fentanyl. Once we acknowledge that we are facing an addiction crisis and not a housing crisis, we can finally get addicts off the streets and provide them with the care they need. I believe a significant portion of the addicts in the bushes could be rehabilitated, but only if we take them into custody, treat their addiction, and give them another chance at life. Pretending the “homeless” problem is nothing more than a lack of sufficient income to pay rent does not help anyone.
There are many reasons why folks don’t stop after an accident:
– High or drunk
– No DL or insurance
– Do not want to be deported
– A-hole
A few years back one of our local chef “celebs” smashed into someone and did not stop. Not sure about the exact details, but I think it was in the same “Five Points” area. Victim was able to get the fleeing “celeb” to stop, and the giggling drunk pretended that nothing happened. I believe said drunk was arrested, but not sure what happened after that. Far cry from killing someone, but goes to show you that perps will run when they know they should stop. Police in Chicago are now not allowed to chase after criminals if they run away….great (for the criminal).
SUZI805 – ” If you want to change in the world, don’t talk about it, be about it. Don’t just gripe online like everyone else, get off your computer and go out into the world and volunteer your time to any of the social issues we are all frustrated with.” —-
Great! So, the “issue” here is the hit and run. Are there some Anti-Hit & Run groups we can work with in town?
Weird, but not surprising. The same good ol boys blaming homelessness for a hit and run. The crime isn’t being hit, it’s the act of running after hitting someone. Fleeing an accident. So no, the “root problem” here isn’t homelessness, it’s the fact that someone hit another human being and decided to drive away. THAT is the problem. Disgusting how you all can sit here blaming the victim, but again, not surprising.
I grew up with Noah in Solvang. We have been friends since 1st grade. We share the same birthday. He was an incredibly intelligent man, very often misunderstood. He was not homeless. He was a really beautiful human who had a challenging life from a young age. I ask of you, please be respectful.
All of us who grew up with him, have a very deep love for him. I hope the coward who killed him is brought to justice. There is no reason to guess why this happened to him. Instead, Please focus on the POS that Murdered him and drove away, leaving him to suffer and die alone. He was a human being , a friend.
His name is Noah and we care about him.
BICYLIST – thank you for your kindness. It’s a sad thing on this site to be constantly attacked for standing up for the vulnerable members of our society. Oh well, that’s just how liberals are, they care about about others (other than just corporations, cops, and gun owners). Let the downvotes commence!
Chip of SB is absolutely correct. Until we reconfigure the dialogue, and are willing to PUT the addicts into a controlled situation where they can be rehabilitated or contained, they are a treat to themselves as well as all the rest of us. Summer fires in the roadside “encampments” WILL be a given. It is not mercy to leave people to wallow in filth because their brains are so addled all they can do is beg and steal to survive.
LUCKY777 – you’re truly monstrous. Did you not read (or care about) NELLIE’s comment below about the deceased? This was NOT a “homeless situation.” Stop blaming the victim!
VOICE – she can answer for herself. And so what? None of those are at issue here, therefore being ghoulish to bring up especially since a friend has posted about the victim. Stop defending everything that’s morally wrong.