Driver dead after striking telephone pole at 'high rate of speed' in Largo: Police

LARGO, Fla. - A driver was killed in a crash in Largo after striking a telephone pole at a high rate of speed, according to police.

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According to the Largo Police Department, their traffic homicide unit responded to the area of Walsingham Road and Shipwatch Drive for a fatal single-vehicle crash.

A black Nissan was driving west on Walsingham Road at a ‘high rate of speed,' police said when it lost control and struck a telephone pole.  

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The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.