Witnesses of the crash pulled the driver from his burning car, police said
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- Police said a man has died after the car he was driving hit a power pole in the parking lot of a car dealership in Plano, Texas
- The Hyundai Accent was “traveling at a high rate of speed” before crashing into the pole and catching fire, they said
- He was pronounced dead after being pulled from the wreckage by crash bystanders
A man died after crashing into a concrete pole at a car dealership in Texas.
The crash occurred at around 12:15 p.m. local time on Saturday, Jan. 3, in the 1500 block of the southbound side of Dallas Parkway, according to a news release from the Plano Police Department.
A preliminary investigation found that a silver Hyundai Accent “struck the curb, left the roadway, and collided with a concrete power pole,” police said, noting that the car was “traveling at a high rate of speed” at the time of the collision…