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UPDATED, CHP: Speed May Be Cause of Fatal Crash Near Claremont

A 21-year-old man was killed in a crash on Mt. Baldy Road late Monday. UPDATE: The name of the victim has been added.

UPDATE AT 2:45 P.M.

The 21-year man killed in rollover crash on a rain-slick mountain road near Claremont was identified by today as Kyle Crampton, 32, of Chino Hills.

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An investigation was underway today into a rollover crash that killed a 21-year-old man on a rain-slicked road in the Angeles National Forest near Claremont.

The single-vehicle crash on Mt. Baldy Road at Mountain Avenue was reported around 10:40 p.m. Monday, said California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.

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Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics were dispatched but didn't transport anyone from the scene, a department dispatcher said.

Light rain and excessive speed were likely factors in the crash, a CHP officer told a news photographer at the scene.

The driver was headed downhill without wearing a safety belt and ended up pinned in the badly crumpled car, the photographer reported.

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