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77-year-old man identified as the driver who died in mysterious Conejo Valley traffic accident

David von Diemar
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Authorities are now identifying the 77-year-old man who died following a mysterious traffic accident in the Conejo Valley.

Ventura County Sheriff's deputies say Bob Ferguson was speeding on Olsen Road near Hardy Lane in Thousand Oaks Monday afternoon when he slammed into another car.

The Simi Valley man's car then smashed into a tree in the road's median. Ferguson later died at a hospital.

The other car was pushed 500 feet by the impact. The driver of the second vehicle escaped with minor injuries.

The crash caused major backups on nearby Highway 23.

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.