Santa Barbara County Fire Department
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - A crash that shut down a portion of Highway 1 at Highway 135 Monday night was the result of a law enforcement pursuit.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash happened after Vandenberg Space Force Base security forces began pursuing a driver who they say was driving erratically and refused to stop.
The crash happened around 9:45 p.m. on the northbound side of the Highway 1. According to CHP, the driver of a GMC Denali failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway and collided with a mile-marker. His vehicle continued onto a dirt shoulder and went off an embankment and landed on its roof.