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Motorist flags down traffic near Patterson Ave

Heard on: Santa Barbara County Sheriff Main Channel
00:38
00:00
(number withheld).
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US-101, Santa Barbara, CA
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As discussed during the dispatch call, officers received a report of a motorist in a black sedan with three males attempting to flag down traffic on the shoulder near the southbound Patterson Avenue on-ramp to US-101. The California Highway Patrol was notified to assist. The situation appears to have occurred on the shoulder rather than in active lanes.

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