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77-year-old man hit by vehicle in Ventura County dies

David von Diemar
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Unsplash

Cause of collision in Santa Paula still under investigation.

A 77-year-old man struck, and seriously injured by a vehicle at a Santa Paula intersection has died.

The collision happened just after 3 p.m. Tuesday, at the intersection of Santa Barbara and Davis Streets.

Carlos Villanueva was critically injured. The Santa Paula man died Wednesday afternoon.

Police say the driver of the vehicle stopped, and is cooperating with authorities in the investigation.

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.