The Santa Barbara Police Department has released the name of the woman killed Saturday afternoon after falling off a moving car. Isabel Tole Renosa, 41 — a longtime Santa Barbara resident — suffered fatal injuries when she tumbled onto Sycamore Canyon Road during an incident in which she was reportedly riding on the hood of her boyfriend’s car.
According to police spokesperson Lt. Paul McCaffrey, Renosa and her boyfriend — 53-year-old Dennis Wayne Gibbons — had driven in his vehicle up toward the end of Sycamore Canyon Road, parking on the shoulder for a period of time. At around 4:10 p.m., McCaffrey said, Gibbons started driving back down with Renosa sprawled across the hood “for reasons that remain unclear.”
At one point Gibbons reportedly called out something to a nearby resident about Renosa being a “hood ornament,” but she herself did not say anything during the brief encounter. About a half-mile down the road, Renosa fell from the car and hit her head, McCaffrey said. Gibbons stopped to help and called paramedics, but by the time emergency crews responded, Renosa had succumbed to her injuries.
Police, reported McCaffrey, believe Gibbons was traveling at an unsafe speed, and he displayed symptoms of being under the influence of an illegal drug during the incident. Crack cocaine, marijuana, and a prescription scheduled controlled substance were all purportedly found in the car. Gibbons was booked on $100,000 bail for alleged felony vehicular manslaughter, felony DUI causing death, drug possession, allowing a passenger to ride in an unsafe manner, and unsafe speed.
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Well it would seem that things haven't changed much over the years...Back in '66 or '67 we were up at what I believe was Red Rock Canyon...A couple of guys, who were rather drunk, wanted us to drive them out to the main road...They climbed on the trunk of our car and would not get off...Aside from being drunk, they also had a snake with them...They proceeded to kill the snake by hitting it on the trunk...One could say that as teenagers, we were rather freaked out...We ended up driving them all the way down San Marcos Pass and into Hope Ranch...They remained on the trunk the whole time...Back then there was a Hope Ranch Cop/Security guy that patrolled the area...We new where he lived (this was good to now because if he was at home, then he wasn't cruisin Hope Ranch)...Any way, we droved to this guys house, shut off the car and ran into the house...To say the least, the cops arrived and managed to take care of the 'Trunk Riders'...
A true story that sounds as crazy now as it did then...
Peace
jbaird68 (anonymous profile)
July 28, 2010 at 5:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Now that is one hell of a war story my friend.
AZ2SB (anonymous profile)
July 28, 2010 at 7:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey, California State Prison System: Just a warning that Dennis the Menace is about to pull into the parking lot for some time to come. Be on the look out for this new arrival hood.
Draxor (anonymous profile)
July 30, 2010 at 11:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
this woman did a lot of harm to many people. she was accused of murder!! in 2003. but the guy she was with at the time took the blame. she always wanted to hit people for no good reason she was full of anger and hate. thats why our world is f!@#$ up because of people like her. RIP
she was in and out of prison her whole life, what a life........
very sad....
mag503 (anonymous profile)
October 1, 2011 at 1 p.m. (Suggest removal)