37-year-old man killed when vehicle slams into power pole in East St. Louis

A man was killed early Saturday when the vehicle he was driving slammed into a utility pole on State Street in East St. Louis.

St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. identified the victim as Je’Cory Ewing, 37, of the 8800 block of Dennison Avenue in St. Louis. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:33 a.m., Dye said.

No one from the East St. Louis Police Department could be reached for details of what led to the accident.