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Storms raced through the stop sign at Empire and Helena and smashed into Smith’s Ford pickup truck. The collision drove Smith’s pickup into a telephone pole, according to court records. The pole snapped and landed in a nearby yard. Debris littered the intersection. Police said Storms got out of his wrecked vehicle and ran, leaving behind his two passengers: one with nine broken ribs and a collapsed lung, the other with a broken collarbone. Smith, a married father of two, died at the scene. Witnesses helped chase down Storms and he was arrested.