A MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND THE FATE OF A 2ND CHILD IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE 3 WERE KILLED WHEN THE BRAKES ON A BIG-RIG FAILED, AND IT (AND THE 2 TRAILERS FULL OF GRAVEL IT WAS HAULING) SLAMMED INTO A SANTA BARBARA HOME. THE RIG HAD BEEN TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 154, WHEN IT LEFT THE ROAD AND HIT THE HOME ON STATE STREET SHORTLY BEFORE 7 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING.
A vacuum truck was called in to remove some of the gravel that covered portions of the house.