A report is being prepared for the Coroner after a fatal smash at Nelsons Plains.
Residents on Seaham Road her a loud impact just before 2.30 yesterday morning and called emergency services.
They found a Toyota utility had slammed into a power pole near the intersection of Noongah Road.
The sole male occupant died on impact.
It took several hours to recover the man's body.
The latest fatality takes the Hunter's 2016 road toll to 41.
