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20-Year-Old Ventura County Jail Inmate Dies After Being Found Unconscious In Cell

Authorities are investigating the death of a Ventura County Jail inmate.

Deputies say they discovered Carlos Lozano unconscious in a cell at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Ventura Tuesday morning.  

He was the only one in his cell at the time.  

Deputies started to provide first aid, as did jail medical personnel.  Paramedics arrived to provide more advanced medical care, but were unable to revive the 20 year old Camarillo man.  An autopsy is pending.

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. 
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