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Deadly Encanto Crash Ejects Driver's Engine Into Parked Car

The deadly crash happened just before 2:30 a.m. near Imperial Avenue and Woodman Street

The engine of a car went flying across a roadway after a driver crashed into two trolley poles and died in Encanto early Monday morning, the San Diego Police Department told NBC 7.

The crash occurred just before 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of Imperial Avenue and Woodman Street.

San Diego Fire-Rescue Department crews cut the roof off of the car to gain access to the trapped victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene by authorities. Authorities later confirmed the victim was a 23-year-old man.

The impact of the collision ejected the engine from the car; after it flew across a drainage canal and Akins Street, it wedged itself into the side of an empty parked car. Video of the scene showed the parked car surrounded in some debris with its driver’s-side door completely removed from the vehicle.

The metal poles the driver crashed into support overhead trolley lines. The trolley tracks and surrounding fencing was also damaged, SDPD said.

The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System confirmed trolley service in the area will be shut down for an unknown amount of time, but a bus would take commuters from Massachusetts Avenue to 62nd Street in the meantime.

Police issued a SigAlert for "several hours" on Imperial Avenue between north 66th and 68th streets.

SDPD, SDFD, and MTS are responding to the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

A deadly car crash in Encanto shut down trolley service in the area after colliding with a metal pole that supports overhead trolley lines. NBC 7's Liberty Zabala has more.

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