A driver was killed after running a red light at a high rate of speed, hitting two other cars and striking a traffic pole at the intersection of North Livermore Avenue and Interstate 580 on Saturday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP-Dublin officers came upon the fatal collision after investigating calls of reported drag racing north of that area, but they never witnessed any street racing and such potential activity was not the cause of the crash, according to Officer Tyler Hahn.

The situation unfolded just after 8:45 p.m. Saturday when the CHP's Golden Gate Communication Center began broadcasting reports of five vehicles drag racing on North Livermore Avenue between Manning and May School roads in unincorporated Livermore, according to Hahn.

Officers responded to the area and spotted three vehicles speeding southbound on North Livermore Avenue, but they were unable to catch up to those vehicles and lost sight of them, Hahn said.

"As officers approached Interstate 580, they observed a crash within the intersection of North Livermore Avenue and Interstate 580 westbound," Hahn said.

The subsequent investigation revealed two cars -- a 2013 Hyundai Elantra and a 1994 Chevrolet Camaro -- were in the left-turn lane from North Livermore Avenue northbound to I-580 westbound and proceeded into the intersection after the light cycled to green, according to Hahn.

As the two cars continued their turn toward the freeway, a 2006 Acura RL traveling southbound on North Livermore Avenue at a high rate of speed ran the red light and struck both turning vehicles before continuing through the intersection and hitting a traffic pole. "The pole entered the driver compartment of the Acura and impacted the driver resulting in fatal injury," Hahn said.

The occupants of the Camaro and Elantra were examined medically at the scene but declined to be taken to a hospital, according to Hahn.

The crash investigation and cleanup resulted in only a minimal effect on traffic flow Saturday night because a single northbound and a southbound lane remained open on North Livermore Avenue through the area, according to Hahn.