One man is dead after being hit while entering a parked vehicle on the shoulder of Highway 101

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – An adult man has died after being sideswiped by a passing vehicle while he was trying to get into a vehicle parked on the shoulder of Highway 101 east of Gaviota Thursday.

Despite the best efforts by bystanders, including a cardiologist and two electrical linemen with an automated external defibrillator (AED) device, the man was pronounced dead at the scene shared the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

The number two lane on southbound Highway 101 remains closed as California Highway Patrol conducts their investigation of the incident detailed the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, the driver of the vehicle that struck the man remained on the scene.