DARTMOUTH, MASS. (WHDH) - Police have identified the 23-year-old Fairhaven man who died in a violent crash in Dartmouth early Saturday morning.

Officers responding to a reported crash in the area of Cross Road around 2 a.m. found a 2010 Volkswagen Tiguan that had left the roadway and struck a utility pole and stone wall, according to police.

The driver, David Costa Jr., was extracted from his vehicle and taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, where he later died.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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