A motorcyclist from Buellton was killed Monday afternoon in a collision with a passenger vehicle in Los Alamos, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
Firefighters and other emergency personnel were dispatched shortly before 4 p.m. to the crash scene on Bell Street near Cat Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The incident occurred on the Bell Street offramp from southbound Highway 101, according to fire Capt. Daniel Bertucelli.
The motorcyclist was declared dead at the scene, Bertucelli said, and personnel from the county Coroner’s Bureau were dispatched to the scene.
The crash happened after the driver of a Honda Civic, a 21-year-old man from Santa Maria, had pulled into a driveway and stopped, facing south, CHP Officer Benjamin Smith said.
The Honda driver attempted to make a U-turn, directly in front of the motorcyclist who applied the brakes and veered slightly to the left.
However, the motorcycle rider, a 52-year-old man from Buellton, lost control and was ejected from the bike. Both the rider and the motorcycle struck the side of the sedan, Smith said.
The names of the victim and the sedan driver were not immediately available.
The collision was under investigation by the CHP.
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