Local man dies in single-vehicle rollover in Goleta

BY ERIC LINDBERG
DAILY SOUND STAFF WRITER

A 35-year-old local man died Sunday evening after the SUV he was driving left the roadway in Goleta, hit a tree and flipped over, sheriff’s officials said.
Authorities said Russell Allan Sturges had been driving eastbound on Calle Real near Baker Lane just before 9 p.m. when his GMC Yukon went off the right shoulder and rolled onto its roof.

Drew Sugars, a spokesman for the sheriff’s department, said emergency crews extricated the trapped driver and a 16-year-old passenger. The driver was pronounced dead on the scene, authorities said.
Medics took the passenger to the hospital for observation, Sugars said. Authorities said the incident remains under investigation.