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Flags are at half-staff Thursday morning after off-duty Cleveland firefighter Theodore J. Wright, Jr.'s pickup truck crashed into a telephone pole and died.

Cleveland Fire spokesman Lt. Larry Gray says the 32-year veteran was married with children. The crash is being investigated by CPD’s Accident Investigation Unit.

EMS arrived at the scene on E.71st and Claasen Avenue around 3:10 a.m. on Thursday.They said Wright was partially ejected and still trapped inside of the vehicle. He was the only person in the vehicle and no one else was injured.