A head-on traffic accident that's left one person dead closed a major highway in Santa Barbara County for hours.
The collision happened just before 11 Friday morning, on Highway 154 near East Camino Cielo Road.
The crash scattered wreckage across the highway, leading to its complete closure. In addition to the fatality, a second person was seriously injured.
Highway 154 was closed from Cathedral Oaks Road to Paradise Road, but it reopened in time for the afternoon commute.