SUV crashes through fence into backyard
Authorities are looking into what caused a woman to drive a Range Rover through a wooden fence and plunge about six feet into the backyard of a Santa Barbara home yesterday.
No injuries were reported during the incident, which occurred just after noon in the rear lot of an apartment complex in the 3500 block of Richland Drive, although the driver appeared shaken by the apparent mishap.
City Fire Capt. Robert Hazel said the vehicle did some damage to property in the yard, including a plastic shed. Nobody was home at the time. The Range Rover, despite dropping from a considerable height, appeared to have sustained little damage.
“It looks pretty good,” Hazel said. “Those things are bulletproof.”
Comment on this article
Probably Texting : 3/13/2010
Hmmm let see M-O-M W-I-L-L B-E H-O-M BAM! AAAAAAAAAH KABOOM!
Not So Famous
huh : 3/13/2010
Its that goleta? goleta may be in sb county, but entirely different city......
born in santa barbara
: 3/13/2010
Richland drive is behind the Farmer Boy Restaurant.
S.B. 63
Bullet Proof : 3/15/2010
I've seen a land rover in a high speed chase driving from calabasas to rincon with only three wheels, those thing take a licking and keep on ticking.
Rover
Shallow status seeking Yuppies! over priced garbage! : 3/15/2010
Range Rover year after year consistently ranks #1 for vehicle with the most reliability/defect issues. Google it! My neighbor had one and claimed he would spend an avg. of $700/mo. in maitenance/repairs. The atsronomical price for the proven track record of the lowest quality (British cars in general suck) = stupid enough to buy it = dumb enough to drive through a fence. In all fairness *when* they do work, they have excellent off-road capabilities...
Vedict: "Bullet proof"? pretty expensive "bullet proof" paper weight 6 out of 7 days a/wk.
Range Rover Mechanic (i love my job security)
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