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Coroner IDs San Jose Hit-And-Run Victim

SAN JOSE (CBS/BCN) - A man who was killed in a hit-and-run early Saturday morning on a  connecting ramp between two highways in San Jose has been identified by the  Santa Clara County medical examiner's office as Javier Santacruz Orozco.

Santacruz Orozco, 43, of San Jose, was killed in the crash, which  was reported at 1:17 a.m. on a ramp connecting southbound Interstate Highway  680 to southbound U.S. Highway 101.

Officers arriving at the scene found Santacruz Orozco fatally  injured in a 1999 Saturn, California Highway Patrol Officer Ralph Caggiano  said.

Investigators believe a 2003 Honda traveling along I-680 at an  unknown speed closed in on the Saturn while approaching the connector. For  reasons unknown, the driver of the Honda rammed the Saturn, causing it to  roll onto its roof before coming to a rest across both lanes of the ramp.

The driver of the Honda, who has not been identified, fled on  foot, leaving the vehicle blocking traffic, Caggiano said.

Both lanes of traffic on the ramp were closed for more than three  hours due to the investigation into the crash.

The overturned Saturn leaked a small amount of fuel onto the  roadway, and it was cleaned up before the lanes reopened at about 4:30 a.m.,  Caggiano said.

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