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Driver dies after crashing Impala on Market Street

Houston police are trying to determine what led a driver to crash a Chevrolet Impala into a utility pole on Market Street in northeast Houston.

The body of the driver was taken to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences to verify his identity.

Officers arrived after 9 a.m. Sunday to the accident scene on Market Street near the 610 East Loop.

The driver was traveling at a high rate of speed and was weaving in and out of lanes when the Impala jumped a curb and struck the pole.

A male passenger who was in the sliver Impala was taken to Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries.