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Detectives looking for driver of vehicle in bizarre Conejo Valley hit-and-run death

A CHP unit stopped a wrong way driver on Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County by ramming the vehicle.
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A CHP unit stopped a wrong way driver on Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County by ramming the vehicle.

Investigators think the man was on the roadway trying to get into moving vehicles.

Detectives are trying to solve the mystery behind a hit-and-run death of a man in the Conejo Valley.

 Investigators say it happened early Saturday morning on Janss Road, just west of the Highway 23 interchange. 9-1-1 dispatchers received reports of a man running in the roadway, and trying to open the doors of passing vehicles.

When deputies reached the scene, they found a man on the ground. He was declared dead at the scene. The name of the 31-year-old Thousand Oaks man hasn’t been released yet.

Investigators think he was hit by a westbound vehicle which didn’t stop, and left the area. They’re looking for potential witnesses.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.