WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A Bellingham man was killed in a single-car crash near Clinton on south Whidbey Island on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 26.

Washington State Patrol reports that 40-year-old Shawn Poolman was speeding on State Route 525 at about 9 a.m. when his car left the roadway and hit a fence

Poolman was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A woman from Clinton who was a passenger in the car was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured in the crash.

Troopers determined speed was the cause of the crash.