Driver dies after vehicle slams into light pole, explodes in Lake Balboa

Sunday, April 24, 2016
LAKE BALBOA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A driver is dead after his vehicle crashed into a light pole and burst into flames in Lake Balboa early Sunday.

Firefighters responded to the scene near Burbank and Balboa boulevards around 2:30 a.m. and found the vehicle engulfed in the fire.

Investigators said the car slammed into a light pole and then exploded.

The unidentified driver was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead. No other person was in the car.
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The cause of the crash was under investigation.
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