A driver has died after their vehicle crashed approximately 300 feet over the side of Figueroa Mountain Road in Santa Ynez on Wednesday evening, December 17.
At 5:17 p.m., the Santa Barbara County Fire Department reported responding to the 8700 block of Figueroa Mountain Road for a report of a vehicle crashing off the roadway. County Fire was assisted by the Los Padres National Forest, California Highway Patrol, and AMR ambulance.
A witness called authorities after seeing the vehicle leave the roadway and travel approximately 300 feet down the hillside…