SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – In a statement released Thursday, Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch shared his disappointment following the sentencing of a Santa Barbara resident charged in a fatal vehicle crash last year.
On Tuesday, 29-year-old Katelyn Fultz of Santa Barbara was sentenced to five years of probation in Santa Barbara Superior Court, having previously pleaded no contest to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
On the morning of May 1, 2025, three people – including Fultz – were transported to the hospital following a head-on collision on Highway 154. The crash left 24-year-old Carly Howard in a coma, and passenger Albert Ineira sustained injuries including a laceration requiring stitches and a fractured foot…