Authorities on Kauai are still searching for the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of an inmate who had escaped from the Kauai Community Correctional Center. The inmate, identified as a 33-year-old man named Matthew J. Ornellas Jr., had fled the facility last Friday and was hit by a car while running on the highway.
According to officials at the correctional center, Ornellas managed to scale a fence with razor wire, prompting correctional officers to give chase. However, they lost sight of him shortly after the escape. Moments later, a loud sound was heard, leading officers to discover Ornellas on the highway, approximately 100 yards away from the jail, with serious injuries.
