PALO ALTO, Calif. - A man died when his truck crashed into a median in Palo Alto late Saturday night, and authorities are investigating the circumstances of his death.

Palo Alto police and fire department units were called just after 11:55 p.m. on Saturday to the area of Alma Street and University Avenue, near Arboretum Grove, on reports of a major injury crash and found a man in his 40s unconscious behind the wheel of a pickup truck crashed in the area, according to a Palo Alto Police Department statement .

The man was rescued from inside the vehicle and taken to a hospital, but he died of his injuries. His name was not released.

A preliminary investigation into the crash revealed the truck was traveling northbound on Alma Street when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle left the road

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