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Man dies after truck rolls over, catches fire in Sandia

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to DPS Sgt. Rob Mallory.
A man driving a pickup truck ended up smashing through a barbed wire fence, the truck then caught fire. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Corpus Christi man was killed after crashing through a fence in Sandia on Saturday.

It happened around 10:30 a.m., when Texas Department of Public Safety Public Information Sgt. Harold "Rob" Mallory said the tires of 62-year-old Joseph Cibrian's 2005 Chevrolet 2500 work truck initially left the roadway. 

As he tried to pull back onto FM 534, Mallory said Cibrian overcorrected and crashed through a barbed wire fence. 

The truck rolled over several times and caught fire.

Cibrian was pronounced dead at the scene. 

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