High-Speed Crash Into Freeway Sign Pole Leaves Driver Dead in Hesperia

HESPERIA, Calif., Oct. 26 (KNN) — A motorist traveling the 15 Freeway in the area of Hesperia slammed into a large freeway sign pole, which left the vehicle wrapped around the pole in the fatal crash.

A single-vehicle traffic collision was reported shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday on the northbound I-15, just south of the Main Street off-ramp.

The vehicle had reportedly struck the Main Street exit sign at a high rate of speed. Officers with the California Highway Patrol arrived on the scene and located a wrecked vehicle along with the lone occupant suffering from major injuries.

The San Bernardino County Fire Department arrived at the scene and pronounced the driver of the vehicle deceased. Mariposa Road was closed in both directions, along with two lanes of the northbound I-15.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the fatal crash.

Alex Gomez-Madrigal, Video Journalist / KNN