CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – A crash involving a vehicle that rolled over and hit a utility pole early Thursday morning led to one fatality.

The single-vehicle crash occurred at around 1 a.m. on Highway 20 near Schindler Street in Clearlake Oaks.

Reports from the scene indicated that the crash occurred right in front of the Caltrans maintenance yard.

Northshore Fire, Cal Fire and Lake County Sheriff's deputies responded.

The vehicle – a description of which not immediately available – rolled over and crashed into the pole, shearing it off, according to firefighters arriving at the scene.

The vehicle's driver was trapped and unconscious when emergency personnel arrived, according to radio reports.

Initially, firefighters didn't see lines down, but live wires going to underground power utilities later were found to be on the ground, radio reports indicated. Pacific Gas and Electric was asked to respond to repair the pole and lines.

As firefighters worked at the scene, a crowd – described as large and rowdy – gathered, with firefighters requesting law enforcement over the radio to deal with the gathering.

Firefighters requested an air ambulance, with REACH 6 responding to land at the nearby Orchard Shores Homeowners Association, radio reports indicated.

However, a short time after landing, the air ambulance was released at the scene, with incident command reporting over the air that the vehicle's occupant had died.

Radio reports stated that firefighters needed PG&E on scene to remove the lines so the recovery process could move forward.

PG&E's online outage center said the wreck was responsible for knocking out power to approximately 2,129 customers.

At around 3 a.m. PGE estimated power was to be restored by 4:30 a.m.

Just before 3:30 a.m., incident command reported that the vehicle had been removed from the roadway, with the extrication of the victim continuing.

At that point incident command reported turning traffic control at the crash scene over to the California Highway Patrol and Caltrans.

Additional details will be posted as they become available.

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