Five hurt in traffic accident when rocks end up on Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County during weekend storm

KCLU | By Lance Orozco

Published March 4, 2024 at 1:27 PM PST

Five people were hurt when an SUV hit some rocks in the roadway on Highway 101 in the Gaviota area Satrday night.

All five people expected to be okay.

Five people were hurt when an SUV hit some rocks which had rolled onto Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County during the weekend storm.

It happened during some of the heavy rainfall Saturday night. The accident happened just before 11 p.m., on the northbound 101 north of the Gaviota tunnel. The SUV ended up on its side.

The injuries were reported to be minor to moderate.

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Lance Orozco

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.

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