A 21-year-old man from Sunnyside was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash in the Sunnyside area.

AN EARLY MORNING CRASH INTO THE CANAL

According to a release from the Yakima County Sheriff's Office, Deputies responded to the 4800 block of East Edison around 4:35 a.m. after a resident called authorities to report a vehicle fire. When deputies arrived, they found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames in a canal. After extinguishing the fire, officials confirmed the man was dead inside the vehicle. He was the only person involved in the crash.

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THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL

An investigation revealed that the vehicle was traveling west on East Edison at a "high rate of speed" when the driver lost control and hit a guardrail at a can

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