UCSB chancellor’s wife involved in vehicle accident Tuesday

ISLA VISTA, Calif. – California Highway Patrol officers responded to a traffic accident on UC Santa Barbara's campus Tuesday afternoon that involved Dilling Yang, the wife of Chancellor Henry T. Yang.

The incident happened at 2:44 p.m. on Mesa Road, near the university plaza, according to a CHP log of the incident. 

The CHP log said the driver of a Buick Lacrosse is the wife to the president of the university, and that UCSB was unable to handle the incident "due to conflict of interest."

UC Santa Barbara does not have an office of the president. The university is led by the office of Chancellor Yang.

A CHP unit arrived at the scene at 2:56 p.m. to take a report. Your News Channel reached out to the university, who confirmed that the driver was Mrs. Yang and that she was driving alone at the time of the accident.

Your News Channel arrived to find an officer speaking with Mrs. Yang and another woman. Neither of them would comment. A young man with a damaged skateboard also declined to comment.

The responding CHP officer would not confirm the identities of anyone involved. He did say that the skateboarder had a sore ankle.

The officer said the report would be passed along to the UC Santa Barbara police department. No one involved in the incident was detained. No charges were filed, according to a UCSB spokesperson.