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Bruce Elrod of the Des Moines Police Department said Ellis was traveling west on High Street when he hit Holstein's car, traveling south on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. After the crash, Ellis' car hit a curb on the south side of High Street after the intersection and then flew over a fence into the service lot of Stew Hansen's Dodge dealership. The speed limit in that section of High Street is 25 miles per hour. Elrod said Ellis tried to leave the scene of the accident afterwards but was stopped by police. He said police are awaiting results of a blood test.