Deadly crash happened in area of 438 North Harbor City Blvd.

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MELBOURNE, Fla. – A 37-year-old man was killed Sunday night in Melbourne when his pickup truck struck a sign and a utility pole, according to police.

Melbourne police said that officers responded around 10:30 p.m. to the area of 438 North Harbor City Blvd., just south of Babcock Street and North Harbor City Boulevard in reference to a single-vehicle crash.

According to a crash report, a Dodge pickup driven by Terrell Patterson failed to navigate a curve while traveling north on North Harbor City Boulevard.

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Police said the pickup veered off the road and struck a sign and a utility pole on the east shoulder of the road.

Officers said that Patterson was the only person in the pickup and he “sustained life-threatening injuries and succumbed to those injuries as a result of the crash.”

The fatal crash remains under investigation.

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