PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) – The Steuben County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fiery crash near the Fox Lake public access site that took the life of a male driver.
They say a 2009 Mazda RX8 passenger car crashed and burned just after midnight on Wednesday morning on Fox Lake Road.
According to a Sheriff’s Department news release, the initial arriving deputies located a passenger car fully engulfed in flames near a utility pole. The vehicle also had extensive driver side damage indicating that it had collided with the utility pole prior to catching fire.
It was determined the vehicle was traveling west at what appeared to be high rate of speed. As the driver was negotiating a curve, the vehicle went off the road causing the driver to over correct.
The vehicle then began to yaw and slide out of control before colliding with a utility pole and catching fire.
The dead man was found inside the vehicle once the fire was extinguished.
His name is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of kin by the Steuben County Coroners Office.
Besides the Coroners Office, Angola Police and Angola firefighters assisted the Sheriffs Office at the scene.
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