A man is dead after the car he was driving slammed into the back of a big rig making an emergency stop on Highway 101 on the South Coast.
The semi truck was headed southbound on the highway just before 12 a.m. Friday when it had a tire blowout near the Carrillo Street offramp in Santa Barbara.
The big rig driver realized what had happened, and slowed down while moving towards the highway’s shoulder. The driver then felt an impact to the truck. He stopped, and ran back to find that a car had hit the back of the truck, and bounced into a guardrail.
The car’s driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The CHP hasn’t released his name yet, but investigators say he was a 39 year old man from Santa Barbara. The big rig driver was unhurt.
