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One man was killed early Sunday after he crashed a car into a telephone pole on the Southeast Side, Chicago police said.
A 38-year-old man, identified as Christopher Cardenas, was speeding south around 1:10 a.m. in the 11900 block of South Avenue O between the East Side and Hegewisch neighborhoods when he lost control of the sedan and crashed into the pole, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Cardenas lived about two miles away from the crash scene in the 10600 block of South Avenue G in the East Side neighborhood.
Cardenas was pronounced dead on scene at 2 a.m.
