BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died after crashing into a tree on New Year’s Day as 39-year-old Andres Lopez Pablo of Taft.

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California Highway Patrol said officers received a call about a crash on January 1, at around 8:30 a.m., at the intersection of South 10th Street and B Street in Taft.

An investigation found that Pablo was traveling east on B Street in a 2013 Honda Civic when he crashed into a tree.

Pablo died at the scene.

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It is still unknown if alcohol or drugs were a factor in the crash, according to CHP.