Woman dead, man injured after car crashes into pole on Eglinton Avenue West

Toronto police investigating after a woman died and a man was injured after a crash early Saturday morning (CP24 photo).

A woman has died and a man is injured after a single-vehicle crash along Eglinton Avenue West early Saturday morning, Toronto police say.

In a post to social media, officials say officers were called to the area of Eglinton Avenue West and Bicknell Avenue at around 2 a.m. for reports of a vehicle that had slammed into a pole.

Police say a man in his 20s, who was driving the vehicle, was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. However, a female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing, and Eglinton Avenue West remains closed between Black Creek Drive and Keele Street.