By Associated Press - Monday, March 4, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a New York City taxi driver is dead after he suffered a medical episode and crashed into a pole.

Police say 62-year-old Ilya Sukholinskyv crashed his yellow taxi into a light pole on Kings Highway in Brooklyn at about 11 p.m. Sunday.

He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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No pedestrians or other vehicles were hit.

It’s not known if the cabbie died from the apparent medical episode or from the crash. Police are investigating.

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