A Silver Spring man was killed on Sunday as he crashed into a utility pole and flipped his SUV, Montgomery County Police said.

Cristhian Francisco Trejo Portillo, 33, died in the crash.

The incident occurred about 1:17 a.m. near Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road near Glenmont.

A preliminary investigation indicated that a Cadillac Escalade was headed northbound on Georgia Avenue when, for unknown reasons, the driver left the roadway and struck a curb, a concrete retaining wall and a utility pole before it landed upside down.

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The driver was extricated from the Escalade and pronounced dead at the scene.

The police department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating the crash.