Small plane crash near Santa Barbara Airport leaves 2 people in critical condition
A small plane crashed just off the 101 Freeway near Santa Barbara Airport Wednesday, leaving two people with serious injuries, authorities said.
Deputies were responding to the scene of the crash near a stretch of the freeway between Storke Road and Los Carneros Road, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Raquel Zick confirmed around 2:30 p.m. Two people were transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, authorities said.
The crash site is in an area of Goleta near the UC Santa Barbara campus and neighboring community of Isla Vista. Thick black smoke and some flames were visible in a photo of the wreckage from the sheriff's department.
No other details have been released by sheriff's officials.
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