The pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle and fatally injured in Goleta on Friday night was a 45-year-old Santa Barbara man, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.
Travis Gottlob was the victim in the collision on Cathedral Oaks Road between Glen Annie and Los Carneros roads, said Lt. Erik Raney.
Shortly after 8:30 p.m., Gottlob was walking in the westbound traffic lane on the 6600 block of Cathedral Oaks Road, Raney said.
Kyler Tanowitz, 23, of Goleta was driving a small, red Mazda sports car westbound when he struck Gottlob, Raney said.
“Tanowitz saw him a split second prior to colliding with the decedent,” Raney told Noozhawk. “Immediately following the collision, Tanowitz exited his vehicle, found the decedent lying in the middle of the roadway, unresponsive, and called 9-1-1.”
Raney had previously said that drugs or alcohol are not suspected with the driver in the crash.
“The Sheriff’s Coroner Bureau will conduct toxicology screening on Gottlob to determine if drugs or alcohol were in his system at the time of the collision,” Raney said.
That section of Cathedral Oaks is dark, with a sidewalk along the eastbound lane, but not along the westbound lane.
Anyone with information regarding this collision, or who may have had contact with Gottlob on Nov. 13, is asked to contact Deputy Matthew Dawson at 805.961.7519 or by email at mjd1267@sbsheriff.org.
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