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36-year-old man dies after car rolls into ditch in Arlington, police say

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A 36-year-old man was killed early Sunday in a single-vehicle crash in Arlington, Texas, police said.

A 36-year-old man was killed early Sunday in a car crash in Arlington, police said in a news release.

Arlington police officers responded to the crash about 2:30 a.m. in the 2600 block of W. Green Oaks Boulevard.

When officers arrived, they found a 2015 Chevrolet Impala in a drainage ditch and the driver lying on the ground after being thrown from the car, police said.

He was taken to an area hospital where he later died from his injuries, police said.

Investigators determined that the Impala was traveling northbound along W. Green Oaks Boulevard when, for an unknown reason, the driver hit the center median, causing the car to roll multiple times and land in the ditch, police said.


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Investigators do not believe the driver was wearing a seat belt at the time, police said.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the name of the man after his next of kin has been notified.

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Shambhavi Rimal
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.
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