Police in Santa Barbara, California, are said to be “flooded with medical calls” Saturday afternoon as Deltopia celebrations – the equivalent of Spring Break in the city – became disrupted. Shortly before 6 p.m., a Santa Barbara County fire declared a “multi-victim incident” in Isla Vista, west of downtown Santa Barbara, over what has been described as “multiple serious injuries and medical emergencies.” A number of calls concerned people who fell from buildings. At 1:15 p.m., emergency personnel were dispatched to Del Playa Drive after a woman was reported to have fallen from a room. Late Saturday afternoon, nurses were at the scene when someone fell from a second-floor window in El Nido Lane. No other details about their condition were immediately available. By Saturday night, firefighters had treated people with serious injuries, including broken bones. Some of the calls also involved people who had either overdosed on drugs or alcohol, according to SanLuisObispo.com.
Scroll down for videos Santa Barbara police have declared a “multi-casualty incident” in Isla Vista, where a frantic Spring Break Deltopia college party is underway. From the air, crows gathered on the beach balconies as the party raged The chaos began early Friday with three arrests and 20 reports shared on the first night of Isla Vista’s Deltopia Weekend, home to the University of California, Santa Barbara. But that seems to have been calm compared to Saturday’s disgusting things.
Firefighters declared the incident a “mass accident” due to the huge number of patients with medical emergencies, “By declaring an MCI, first responders and hospitals are able to evaluate and transport many patients to different hospitals more efficiently,” said Daniel Bertucelli, a SBCFD spokesman. “He was very busy out there!” he said. The daytime outbreak known as Deltopia has not been approved by the university or officially planned, but it is a well known one that happens on the first weekend of the spring quarter in the community next to the UC Santa Barbara campus and the picturesque rocks on the beach. College students seem to be crowded on rooftops and balconies in the Isla Vista area Thousands of people are believed to have filled the streets on Saturday in classic Isla Vista clothing – bikinis, flip flops, vests and shorts. With drinks in hand, they provided courtyards in front of two-story apartment buildings and busy protruding balconies.
The streets were filled with glass and rubbish bins overflowing with red cups and bottles as students tried to evict the prolonged hangover from Friday’s party before it turned into a stormy and violent explosion in the streets around one of the most famous schools. country party. The first responses suddenly became so busy on Saturday at around 15:30 that a screening system had to be put in place to prioritize the most serious cases of medical emergencies. Problems with extravagant parties have persisted for decades in this nearly half-square-mile that houses 23,000 people, but occasional violence has led politicians, academics, police and student leaders to call for wiser parties. The incident became even more out of control on Saturday with the police saying that “they were flooded by medical calls” The photos show thousands crowded on streets, beaches and balconies The sheriff’s office has changed to a screening system for medical emergencies The chaos started early on the weekend with three arrests and 20 reports being shared on the first night of Isla Vista’s Deltopia Deltopia evolved from Floatopia, which started in 2004 and included a beach section. It has been banned since 2009 as it was considered a danger to the environment and safety due to garbage, human waste and near drowning. Since then, the beaches have been closed that weekend and the party has migrated one block inland to Del Playa Drive. Authorities stepped up patrols when a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student fell dead on the rocks in 2008 and an overcrowded balcony collapsed, injuring several attendees. With social media spreading the word, the party has grown.