One traffic collision after another hit Highway 101 on Tuesday, backing up traffic, causing multiple freeway closures, and shutting down railways.
The rainy day saw multiple crashes, including a MarBorg garbage truck that overturned in a collision south of Sheffield Drive in Montecito. The truck crashed into the northbound highway’s concrete barriers and caused a full closure of northbound lanes, diverting traffic at Sheffield Drive.
As of 5:38 p.m., the closure had ended and the roadway was open. However, traffic was still significantly slowed from Carpinteria through Santa Barbara due to the halting combination of rush hour and a series of traffic incidents — the overturned garbage truck, which was reported by California Highway Patrol at 1:03 p.m., marked the sixth of the day in the region but not the last.
