Homicide investigators Saturday were investigating the death of a driver who slammed into a power pole in Palm Springs after the man was discovered to have been shot.
Authorities responded to the crash about 6:30 p.m. Friday at Rosa Parks Road and Granada Avenue, according to the Riverside County Police Department.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a 45-year-old man dead inside the vehicle, which had hit a power pole.
Police said the driver had a gunshot wound and that the death was being investigated as a homicide.
Investigators did not say whether the driver died due to gunshot wound or the impact of the crash.
A power outage caused by the crash left 165 customers in Desert Highland Gateway Estates without electricity, according to Southern California Edison.
North Granada Avenue and Rosa Parks Road were closed through 2 p.m. Saturday while Edison crews repaired the damaged power poles, police said.
This was the second homicide investigation in the neighborhood in the last week. Police were also looking into a suspicious death reported on Feb. 21 in the 600 block of Rosa Parks Road.