Two people are dead, and traffic was disrupted following a head-on crash on a major Santa Barbara County highway.
The collision happened just before 3 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 154 on San Marcos Pass, near Painted Cave Road.
CHP officers say an eastbound car crossed the highway’s center line, hitting a westbound pickup truck. The driver and a passenger in the car were pronounced dead at the scene, while the two people in the pickup truck were taken to a hospital with moderate injuries. The names of the victims haven’t been released yet.
The accident created major traffic backups on San Marcos Pass. Investigators are trying to figure what might have led to the crash.