PLANTAGENET, Ont. — A Plantagenet man is dead after he was ejected from his car when it slammed into a hydro pole near the village early Thursday morning.

Hawkesbury OPP were called to the scene on County Road 9 between Station and Water Streets just before 2:30 a.m.  Police aren’t sure what prompted a northbound 2004 Dodge SX2 to go off the road and hit the pole.

The driver, and only person in the vehicle, Dominique Malette, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene. County Road 9 was closed until 11: 00 a.m.