Jose Regalado Jr. has been identified as the man struck and killed on Highway 101 on Aug. 15

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Fillmore resident Jose Regalado Jr., 30, has been identified as the pedestrian struck and killed while entering a vehicle on the shoulder of Highway 101 on Aug. 15.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Coroner's Bureau confirmed Regalado Jr.'s identity on Wednesday.

The Coroner's Bureau is identifying the decedent from the vehicle versus pedestrian collision on August 15, 2024, on Highway 101 near Las Varas Canyon Road as 30-year-old Jose Regalado Jr. from Filmore.

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According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, bystanders attempted life-saving efforts, including the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) device, but Regalado Jr. was ultimately declared dead at the scene east of Gaviota.

The driver involved in this incident remained on the scene following the collision shared the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.