A man was killed on Monday morning when he crashed his pickup truck into a utility pole in Fullerton near Buena Park High School.
The single-vehicle crash occurred at about 2 a.m. on South Magnolia Avenue in the 700 block near Orangethorpe Avenue.
The driver was headed north on Magnolia when he swerved off the road and drove onto the curb. He uprooted a tree before smashing into the pole.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. No other occupants were in the vehicle.
Magnolia was closed while police investigated the scene.
“It’s unknown at this point if alcohol was involved,” Lt. Bogart said, adding that the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
