EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A 36-year-old man is dead after a semi crash in Northeast El Paso Saturday morning.

According to the El Paso Police Department, the man died after the 2003 Lincoln Town Car he was driving, speeding, when he lost control and slammed into the back of a 2017 Fontaine T800 truck tractor on the 12000 block of Gateway North (near Mesquite Hill) at around 6:31 a.m. Saturday.

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The identity of the 36-year-old man has not been released.

EPPD believes a third vehicle– a red sedan– might have been involved and fled the scene.

Anyone with information is being asked to call the police at 915-832-4400 or Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 915-566-8477 if they wish to remain anonymous.

According to EPPD statistics, this is the 54th traffic death of the year.

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