BY COLBY FRAZIER
DAILY SOUND STAFF WRITER
A 23-year-old Santa Barbara City College student suffered head injuries and was in stable condition last night in Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital after being struck by a Volvo station wagon at the intersection of Los Olivos and Chapala Streets.
The incident occurred just more than 24-hours after a vehicle struck a family of three in a cross walk at Carrillo and State Street. Two of these victims remain in critical condition.
The woman struck last night was riding her baby blue, beach cruiser bicycle north along Chapala Street when the accident occurred.
Santa Barbara Police Officer Marty Ensign said the woman was not wearing a helmet and did not have a light on her bike.
The bike did however have reflectors on the pedals and wheels.
When the dispatch was sent out over the scanner at about 7 p.m., the dispatcher said it was a “code blue,” which means the victim was not breathing.
Christina La Rovere, a registered nurse, performed CPR on the victim, resuscitating her before paramedics arrived.
Ensign said the 66-year-old male who was driving the vehicle stopped at a stop sign, let one northbound car pass, then thought the intersection was clear. He said no citation was issued to the driver.
Nearby residents said the neighborhood’s narrow streets, which are often lined with parked cars, create dangerous situations for pedestrians and drivers.
Becky Herbert, who lives on Chapala Street with her four children, said accidents regularly occur at the intersections and called the road “death alley.”
“They just need to watch these intersections for bikers,” she said.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Bicyclist hit on Chapala
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4 comments:
Drive Slower! and safely.
Drive Slower? The man was pulling out from a stopsign, waited for a car to pass, then hit a young lady with no light on her bicycle! That's why the driver wasn't cited. Hard to be speeding when you've driven two feet leaving a stopsign. Please READ the article before you post.
This is just an illustration of a much bigger problem in Santa Barbara;
1) Motorists oblivious to what's going on around them..
2) Bicyclists who think the world should revolve around them (see "why roadies suck")..
3) Traffic law enforcement is non existent.
I'm both a motorist and a cyclist and I just can't believe what I see every single day in this town.
Road of Death? are you kidding.. Chapala street in that section has very few collisions if you look at the police records. I would love to live on that street.. fresh surface, one way traffic, big bicycle lanes. That beach cruiser was at fault, speeding down the hill without any caution to watch for cars from the side street? and she didnt need a light.. it wasn't dark out at 7pm (dont try to make her seem stupid in the article)
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