The victim was identified as Jun S. Yang, of Glenview, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
At about 3:20 a.m., Morton Grove police responded to a report of a vehicle that had crashed into a traffic signal support pole at Dempster Street and Waukegan Road.
Yang, who was driving, was seriously injured and transported to Advocate Lutheran Hospital. He later died.
A passenger was treated and released from the hospital, police said.
Dempster was closed for several hours while they investigated the crash.