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Man killed after car strikes pole

A 40-year-old man was killed Thursday evening after the car he was driving struck a pole.

Las Vegas police said the man, whose name was not released, crashed just before 7 p.m. when his 2007 Nissan Sentra swerved into a pole on Desert Inn Road near Cabana Drive in the southeast valley.

The man may have suffered a medical episode, police said. He died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. No one else was injured.

The Clark County coroner's office will release the man's name.

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