(Des Moines, IA) -- Des Moines Police have released the name of a man who died after a crash Monday in the 28-hundred block of E. University Avenue. Police say 24-year-old Dakota Weller of Des Moines died after his pick-up crashed into a parking lot. Weller died at the hospital.
Investigators say according to witnesses, the truck was traveling eastbound on E. University around 5:40 p.m. when it crossed the westbound lanes and hit a utility pole on the north side of E. University. Witnesses say the truck continued and crossed the eastbound lanes and hit a second utility pole on the south side of the street. Police say the driver hit multiple parked vehicles before coming to a stop.