An inmate at the Kauai Community Correctional Center in Hawaii made a daring escape in the early hours of Friday morning. Matthew J. Ornellas Jr. managed to flee the facility by scaling a fence topped with razor wire. He was serving a sentence for promoting a dangerous drug at the time of his escape.
Shortly after his escape, Ornellas was struck by a vehicle while running along Kuhio Highway. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene before authorities arrived. Ornellas was found by correctional officers approximately 100 yards from the jail, seriously injured from the hit-and-run incident.
