Law enforcement investigators look over the scene of a fatal high speed police chase that ended at approximately 1:54 p.m. when the driver hit a telephone pole on San Antonio Crescent West killing the male driver in the unincooperated area of San Antonio Heights, north of Upland, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. The impact sheered a telephone pole in half. It is unknown why the suspect was being pursued. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Law enforcement investigators look over the scene of a fatal high speed police chase that ended at approximately 1:54 p.m. when the driver hit a telephone pole on San Antonio Crescent West killing the male driver in the unincooperated area of San Antonio Heights, north of Upland, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. The impact sheered a telephone pole in half. It is unknown why the suspect was being pursued. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Law enforcement investigators look over the scene of a fatal high speed police chase that ended at approximately 1:54 p.m. when the driver hit a telephone pole on San Antonio Crescent West killing the male driver in the unincooperated area of San Antonio Heights, north of Upland, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. The impact sheered a telephone pole in half. It is unknown why the suspect was being pursued. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Law enforcement investigators look over the scene of a fatal high speed police chase that ended at approximately 1:54 p.m. when the driver hit a telephone pole on San Antonio Crescent West killing the male driver in the unincooperated area of San Antonio Heights, north of Upland, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. The impact sheered a telephone pole in half. It is unknown why the suspect was being pursued. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Law enforcement investigators look over the scene of a fatal high speed police chase that ended at approximately 1:54 p.m. when the driver hit a telephone pole on San Antonio Crescent West killing the male driver in the unincooperated area of San Antonio Heights, north of Upland, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. The impact sheered a telephone pole in half. It is unknown why the suspect was being pursued. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Law enforcement investigators look over the scene of a fatal high speed police chase that ended at approximately 1:54 p.m. when the driver hit a telephone pole on San Antonio Crescent West killing the male driver in the unincooperated area of San Antonio Heights, north of Upland, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. The impact sheered a telephone pole in half. It is unknown why the suspect was being pursued. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
A man died Tuesday, Feb. 25, after a pursuit ended in a fiery crash in Upland.
Upland police officers attempted to stop the driver of a white BMW sedan, but it took off at a high rate of speed, Sgt. Moe Duran said. The driver lost control near San Antonio Avenue and 24th Street, where the car struck a power pole and caught fire.
The man was unconscious and first responders attempted life saving measures, Duran said, but he died as a result of his injuries.
The reason police attempted to pull over his vehicle was not immediately known.
Police asked residents to stay away from the area as they conducted an investigation. The man’s identity was not immediately released.
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