Investigation Underway Into Head-On Crash Which Killed Two, Injured A Third In Santa Barbara County

Head-on crash kills two, injures third in Santa Barbara County Sunday
(Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo)

The CHP is trying to determine what led to a head-on traffic accident in eastern Santa Barbara County which left two people dead and a third seriously injured.

A car and a tanker truck collided on Highway 166 in the New Cuyama area. A man and a woman in the car were pronounced dead at the scene of the Sunday afternoon accident.

The tanker truck driver was flown to Santa Barbara for treatment of his injuries.

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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.