A 34-year-old Huntington Beach man riding in a car that crashed into an electrical pole in Garden Grove has died and the driver is being investigated for possible DUI, according to a news report.
Garden Grove police said that Carson Milligan IV died at UCI Medical Center in Orange from injuries he sustained after the car he was riding in crashed into an electrical pole on Valley View Street near Belgrave Avenue.
According to police, the 31-year-old female driver lost control of the car, hit a curb and then hit the electrical pole, snapping it in half. She and Milligan were taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange, where he was pronounced dead.
Police are investigating whether the unidentified driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the fatal crash.
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