A man died when he crashed into a power pole and his vehicle flipped upside down Tuesday morning in St. Paul, according to police.

Officers responded to the Summit-University neighborhood about 5 a.m. after a report of a single-vehicle crash on St. Anthony Avenue between Arundel and Kent streets.

Power lines had collapsed around the sport-utility vehicle and “were a threat” to officers and firefighters, so they couldn’t go into the vehicle, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul police spokesman.

First responders could see one person in the SUV and, based on the severity of his injuries, they believed he was deceased, Ernster said.

Xcel Energy employees responded to shut off power to the lines. Paramedics were then able to access the vehicle and pronounced the driver dead.