A fiery and fatal solo-vehicle crash was being investigated Saturday by Oceanside police.
Sgt. Rick Davis said the incident occurred around 11:25 p.m. Friday, when the Oceanside Police Department responded to calls of a single-vehicle collision in the intersection of Vista Way and Italia Way.
"A 2015 yellow Ford passenger vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed eastbound on Vista Way lost control on the wet roads and collided with a traffic signal pole at the intersection with Italia Way," Davis said.
According to a witness, the vehicle caught fire immediately.
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"The Oceanside Fire Department arrived and, upon extinguishing the fire, they located a single occupant who they pronounced dead," Davis said.
The name and gender of the victim were not immediately released.
The OPD's Major Accident Investigation Team was investigating the crash.
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Anyone with information on the accident was asked to call accident investigator Kevin Lissner at 760-435-4651.
