A motorcyclist received major injuries Monday night in a crash that briefly closed Highway 1 between Lompoc and Gaviota.
Shortly after 6 p.m., emergency personnel, including Santa Barbara County Fire Department and Lompoc Fire Department members plus California Highway Patrol officers, responded to the scene on Highway 1, a half-mile south of Santa Rosa Road, county Fire Capt. Scott Safechuck said.
The male rider was transported by the CalStar medical helicopter to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
Highway 1 was temporarily closed for 30 minutes in both directions while emergency crews readied the patient for the trip to the hospital and investigated the crash.
CHP officers from the Buellton areas were investigating the crash, which may have involved a passenger vehicle, according to emergency dispatch reports.
Additional information was not available Monday night.