1 Dead, Another Injured After Crash in Downtown Santa Barbara

Parking Lot Crash Leaves One Passenger Dead and Driver with Major Injuries

Police and paramedics arrived on the scene within minutes.

One dead, another injured after car crash in Santa Barbara

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – One person died and another suffered serious injuries after a car crash inside City Lot 10 in Santa Barbara just before 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Santa Barbara Police Department. SBPD officers received calls about a single car crash inside the City Lot at 600 Anacapa Street after the vehicle hit a pillar in the structure. SBPD officers then began immediate life saving measures for both people in the car b…

1 Dead, Another Injured After Crash in Downtown Santa Barbara

One person was dead and another was taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after a single-vehicle crash inside a downtown Santa Barbara parking structure, according to the Santa Barbara Police Department. The incident occurred shortly before 5 p.m. in the Lot 10 parking structure at Anacapa and Ortega streets. It appeared that the white sedan, which sustained major front-end damage, entered the parking structure from Ortega Street and did not s…

Driver killed in Santa Barbara parking structure after colliding with pillar

One person was killed in a Santa Barbara parking structure after colliding with a pillar on the afternoon of October 6, 2026.