A woman was rescued from a crash off Highway 154 on the evening of Tuesday, December 30, after her car veered roughly 150 feet down a steep embankment just east of Windy Gap.
Emergency responders from Santa Barbara County Fire, Santa Barbara City Fire, CHP, AMR, and the Sheriff’s Air Support Unit were dispatched to the scene shortly after 5 p.m. The single-vehicle crash halted traffic in both directions on the San Marcos Pass as crews assessed the scene and initiated a rope rescue.
Firefighters accessed the vehicle using a rope system. The solo occupant — a female driver — did not require extrication from the sedan but was assisted from the vehicle, secured in a rescue stretcher, and hauled topside using rope equipment.
“She’s being transported by ground ambulance to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital with minor to moderate injuries,” said County Fire spokesperson Captain Scott Safechuck in a statement posted at 5:10 p.m…