About 9 p.m., a collision on westbound SR-154 near Buellton resulted in the death of an individual. The car swerved off the road and struck a gravel slope before slamming into a tree. The impact set the 2015 Hyundai automobile ablaze, resulting in a sad end.
The driver turned out to be Menifee, California’s 36-year-old Nicholas Johnson, according to authorities. Arriving fast, emergency responders from Santa Barbara County and the California Highway Patrol found little chance for intervention given the degree of the occurrence; Johnson was declared dead at the scene.
Officials are now looking over the events before the crash. Any person who could have seen the incident or have pertinent information should get in touch with the CHP Buellton Area office at (805) 691-6160.
