Just after 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Santa Barbara Police received multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting a collision between a Jeep Wrangler, an e-bike, and an MTD bus at the intersection of Mission and State streets.
SBPD officers, Santa Barbara Fire personnel, and paramedics responded to the scene to find that the driver of the Jeep had sustained moderate injuries and was transported to Cottage Hospital for further treatment. The bicyclist sustained minor injuries, and no one on the bus was harmed.
According to witness testimony, the Jeep was driving northbound on State Street and drove into the protected left-hand turn lane at the Mission Street intersection. The bicyclist was waiting to make a left-hand turn in the lane, and the Jeep collided with the e-bike…