Pedestrian Killed by Big Rig on Highway 101 Identified as Lompoc Man

The man struck and killed by a big rig truck on Highway 101 in Goleta early Thursday morning has been identified by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Off...

September 4, 2022
4:48 AM

The man struck and killed by a big rig truck on Highway 101 in Goleta early Thursday morning has been identified by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office as 30-year-old Paul Douglas Larson, of Lompoc. Larson was reportedly crossing from the right shoulder to the center divider when he was hit by a semitruck driving southbound in the center lane, according to California Highway Patrol. The driver immediately stopped and called 9-1-1, but when emergency personnel arrived, Larson had already sustained major injuries and died at the scene.

Ryan P. Cruz