ARCADIA – A man was killed Friday morning when the sedan in which he was a passenger crashed into a light pole near an Arcadia intersection.
The crash occurred at about 2:20 a.m. Friday on Baldwin Avenue north of Arboretum Way at the Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden, according to an Arcadia Police Department press release.
Video from the scene showed a crumpled car tangled up with a downed light pole and Arcadia firefighters putting a drape over the passenger side.
Paramedics pronounced the passenger dead at the scene, police said.
The man driving the car was taken by ambulance to a hospital to be checked for a complaint of pain and possible minor injuries, police said.
The police department’s Major Accident Investigation Team was investigating the cause of the crash, officials said. Anyone with information was asked to call Arcadia Police at 626-574-5151, case number 25-1367. Anonymous tips may be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
