AUGUSTA (AP) — Authorities say a state worker who died after his state-owned vehicle crashed into a utility pole in Augusta apparently suffered some sort of medical emergency before impact.
Police say 64-year-old John Pearl died at a city hospital shortly after the crash at about 8:15 a.m. Tuesday.
The state medical examiner is expected to determine a cause of death.
Pearl was a 26-year employee of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services Bureau of General Services.
An agency spokeswoman said Pearl worked in inventory and property and was on a routine delivery run when the accident occurred.
Police say the box truck hit the pole at low speed.
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