(FOX40.COM) — A Modesto road was shut down for several hours Sunday after a Camaro slammed into a tree and killed its driver.
Around 11:28 a.m., the Modesto Police Department responded to East Briggsmore Avenue for a traffic collision involving a black 1994 Chevrolet Z28 Camaro. Officers said the vehicle was traveling eastbound when it left the roadway and struck a tree. The driver, a Modesto resident, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.
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Witnesses across the street from the crash said it was “absolutely horrendous.” The impact was so violent that the Camaro was ripped into pieces and the driver landed in the roadway where MPD placed a yellow tarp to cover him. East Briggsmore, a main artery of Modesto, near Rose Avenue, was shut down for over five hours but has been reopened.
MPD said the cause of the crash is under investigation
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