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Elderly Driver Possibly Fell Asleep at the Wheel

SANTA BARBARA, CA - 8/8/2006 - 8/8/06 2:10 p.m.  Police are currently at the scene of a rollover traffic accident on Foothill Road at Willowglen.  A power pole was knocked down, and live electrical wires are down on the street.  Southern California Edison crews are working to clear the road and resume power.  The number of customers affected by loss of power is not known at this time.  The preliminary circumstances of the accident are as follows:  At 1:07 p.m., a 77-year-old local woman was driving her Toyota sedan eastbound on Foothill Road.  Her husband was passenger.

As she reached the intersection at Willowglen, she apparently fell asleep at the wheel.  The Toyota drifted off the road, to the right, and jumped the curb.  The vehicle struck and knocked down a Magnolia tree.  The vehicle then hit a power-pole guide-wire and flipped over.  The power-pole was knocked down and high voltage wires fell to the roadway.  The driver got out of the overturned vehicle without assistance, and appeared to have only suffered a minor injury.  The passenger was temporarily trapped in the overturned vehicle.  Fire Rescue and Paramedics safely extracted him onto a back-board.  Both driver and passenger went to Cottage Hospital for treatment and evaluation.  The passenger’s medical condition is not known.

Foothill Road at Willowglen will remain closed until the power lines can be repaired.  Until then, area traffic is urged to avoid Foothill Road between Ontare Road and Hope Ave.  Police continue to investigate the circumstances of the accident.  It is possible that the driver will be ordered to undergo a driver’s re-evaluation examination through the Department of Motor Vehicles

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