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CHP Investigators Say Fatal Street Race Led To Death Of Teen In Ventura County

CHP investigators in Ventura County say they are looking for the driver of a car in connection with a fatal street race.

Witnesses say that about two p.m. Wednesday two vehicles were racing on Sturgis Road between Camarillo and Oxnard. One of the drivers lost control of his vehicle, and crashed into a culvert. The 17 year old driver was pronounced dead at the scene. His name hasn’t been released yet.

The witnesses say the other driver, who was in a gray BMW, returned to the scene, but when he saw the wreckage fled the area.

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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