Marine Killed, 2 Hurt When Their Pickup Truck Hits Irvine Power Pole
One Marine was killed and two others injured when their pickup truck slammed into a power pole on Barranca Parkway in Irvine early Saturday, police said.
The truck was seen traveling at a high speed along Barranca near Von Karman Avenue at 1:45 a.m. when it swerved and hit a pole inside the parkway’s median, police said. The driver, who died, was trapped for 20 minutes before paramedics were able to free him.
The driver’s name was withheld until relatives could be notified. The passengers, Gerold W. Fitzgerald, 22, and Douglas C. Moore, 22, suffered moderate injuries.
The three men are stationed at the Marine helicopter base in Tustin.
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