Authorities have released the name of the Santa Barbara man who was fatally injured on Halloween evening in a rollover crash on Highway 1 south of Lompoc.
The victim was Daniel Pablo Duarte, 37, according to Raquel Zick, spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Bureau.
Firefighters and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the crash scene north of Jalama Road shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Duarte’s 2005 Chevy Silverado was southbound at an unknown speed when it left the roadway and collided with a guardrail, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Duarte then turned the vehicle to the left and crossed both the northbound and southbound lanes.
He then veered sharply to the right, causing the vehicle to cross both lanes again and leave the roadway, where it slammed into a tree, the CHP said.
The vehicle ended up 25-30 feet off the highway, lodged in vegetation.
Heavy extrication was required to remove Duarte from the wreckage.
He suffered major injuries, and was taken by a Santa Barbara County ambulance to Lompoc Valley Medical Center, where he died.
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