A 59-year-old Santa Barbara man has been arrested and held in Santa Barbara County jail on $100,000 bail for felony DUI, gross vehicular manslaughter and felony possession of a controlled substance in the death of a 41-year-old woman. The woman who suffered a fatal head injusry was found on Sycamore Canyon Road in Santa Barbara’s tawny Montecito suburb.

Public reports are that the woman was “surfing” on the hood of the man’s car as he was driving on Sycamore Canyon Road fell or was thrown off and suffered a fatal head injury.
Reportedly both the man and woman were crack cocaine and alcohol before the incident. No other vehicle was involved.