Emergency crews respond Friday night to a duplex on West Canon Perdido Street in Santa Barbara after a vehicle crashed into the living room.
Emergency crews respond Friday night to a duplex on West Canon Perdido Street in Santa Barbara after a vehicle crashed into the living room. Credit: Peter Hartmann / Noozhawk photo

A woman was taken to the hospital Friday night after crashing her vehicle into a duplex on Santa Barbara’s Westside.

Firefighters and other emergency personnel were dispatched at 8:51 p.m. to the incident on the 600 block of West Canon Perdido Street.

The woman was driving a Ford Explorer southbound on San Andres Street when she reportedly ran a stop sign where it intersects with West Canon Perdido Street, according to Battalion Chief Rich Ames of the Santa Barbara City Fire Department.

Witnesses told Noozhawk that the Explorer jumped the far side curb, crossed the front yard and slammed into the structure.

The vehicle ended up about 15 feet inside the living room on one side of the duplex, Ames said.

Fortunately, that unit was unoccupied at the time, so no one inside the structure was hurt.

The Explorer’s driver was injured, Ames said, and was taken by AMR ambulance to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

Emergency crews assess the scene Friday night where a vehicle crashed into a home on West Canon Perdido Street in Santa Barbara.
Firefighters assess the scene where a vehicle crashed into the living room of a duplex on West Canon Perdido Street in Santa Barbara on Friday night. Credit: Peter Hartmann / Noozhawk photo

Her name and details on her condition were not available.

A building inspector was called in to assess the safety of the structure.

The crash was under investigation by the Santa Barbara Police Department.

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