At 3:16 Friday morning Santa Barbara County Fire dispatched 17 units to the scene of a head-on collision between a Chumash Casino passenger bus and a vehicle in Los Alamos on the southbound side of Highway 101. County Fire Captain Michael Gray confirmed that one person died as a result of the incident.
According to California Highway Patrol reports, the vehicle was possibly making a U-turn before colliding with the bus. County Fire said the vehicle was driving northbound in the southbound lane upon impact. The vehicle caught fire and quickly was engulfed in flames, which then spread to the bus.
All 13 passengers and the bus driver were able to escape from the bus, sustaining only minor injuries, and were transported to local hospitals.
Southbound lanes of Highway 101 were closed, and northbound traffic was reduced to one lane after the incident. The highway was cleared by 12:30 p.m. on Friday.
The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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