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Homeless Man Struck And Killed While Lying In Alley In Ventura County

Police say they're investigating the death of a homeless man who was struck and killed while he was lying on the ground in an alley in Ventura County.

It happened just after six Friday morning, in an alley off the 1400 block of East Los Angeles Avenue in Simi Valley.

A driver told police he was headed south through the alley, and when he turned a corner, he hit the 47 year old man.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and his name hasn’t been released. 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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