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The male driver was found inside a vehicle that caught fire after crashing into a tree and colliding through a nearby residential gate at Weequahic Avenue near Bergen Street around 3:30 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.
Firefighters extinguished the fire and the man was pronounced dead. No other injuries have been reported. No further information is available.
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