A Santa Barbara construction worker suffered severe head injuries Wednesday when he was struck by an allegedly intoxicated driver on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara, according to the Santa Barbara Police Department.
At 8:16 a.m., officers and other emergency personnel responded to multiple calls of a pedestrian hit by vehicle on the 1600 block of State Street, police spokesman Anthony Wagner told Noozhawk.
Nicolas Jasso Jr., 32, of Santa Barbara was southbound on State Street at approximately 30 mph when he hit the construction flagman, Wagner said.
The front passenger window of Jasso’s vehicle was smashed in the collision, he added.
The injured worker was taken by AMR ambulance to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. His name and details on his condition were not available.
Jasso was arrested on suspicion of DUI and other charges, Wagner said, and was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail with a bail set at $100,000.
Additional details were not immediately available.
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