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A 48-year-old driver pronounced dead early Friday morning after his vehicle struck a power line pole in Long Beach may have suffered a medical emergency before the slow-speed crash, police said.
Officers responded about 4:35 a.m. to a report of a crash at the intersection of Studebaker Road and Driscoll Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
“When officers arrived, they discovered a 2016 Honda Civic collided with a wooden power line pole causing it to collapse,” according to a police statement.
The Honda, driven by a Long Beach man, was northbound on Studebaker when the crash occurred, police said.
“There was minimal damage to the vehicle as it impacted the light pole at slow speed south of the intersection with Driscoll Street,” police said
“The driver didn’t appear to have any injuries from the collision and it appeared that the driver might have suffered a medical emergency at the time of the incident. There were no passengers in the vehicle and no other vehicles were involved.”
No one witnessed the crash, police said.
Long Beach Fire Department paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene. The coroner’s office will investigate his cause of death.
The driver’s name was withheld pending family notifications.
— City News Service