Goleta teen has died and a Goleta woman was injured after three-vehicle crash on Modoc Road

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Two people were transported to Cottage Hospital after a three-vehicle traffic collision on Modoc Road just west of Via Senda and the Las Palmas Drive bridge Thursday afternoon and on Friday, it was confirmed that one of those people, a 19-year-old Goleta man, later died.

On Friday, the California Highway Patrol-Santa Barbara Area shared that the man who was transported with critical injuries from the three-vehicle collision later died at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and the other person transported from the scene, an 87-year-old Goleta woman, had major injuries.

Ambulances took both injured people to Cottage Hospital for further medical treatment on Thursday and Modoc Road was closed in both directions shared the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the 19-year-old Goleta man driving a GMC crossed the double yellow lines and into oncoming traffic before colliding head-on with a 2023 Audi A4 driven by the 87-year-old Goleta woman shared the California Highway Patrol.

The GMC then hit the side of a 1998 Toyota Camry driven by a 49-year-old Mariposa woman before overturning and coming to rest against a raised concrete barrier detailed the California Highway Patrol.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the Mariposa woman was evaluated at the scene and declined medical treatment.

This fatal incident is still under investigation and anyone with more information is asked to contact the California Highway Patrol at 805-770-4800.