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WEBVTT WASINTOXICATED BEHIND THE WHEEL,AND THAT LED TO AN UNUSUALPARKING SPOT.AUTHORITIES SAY THIS IS THERESULT OF RONALD HOLLAR MIXINGALCOHOL, HIGH-SPEED, AND A DEADEND ROAD.UNFORTUNATELY THE END OF THATTRIFECTA WAS INSIDE THE SPECTRALLIBERATION SCULPTURE THAT SITSOUTSIDE THE GREATER DES MOINBOTANICAL GARDEN.>> IS DONE ABOUT $250,000 WORTHOF DAMAGE TO SOMETHING THE CITYIS VERY PROUD OF.MARCUS: THERE SEEMS TO BE LITTLEQUESTION AS TO WHAT HAPPENED.>> HE DROVE OFF THE END OF ADEAD-END STREET.MARCUS: HE DROVE -- HEACCELERATED AND THE ENGINE WENTTOO FAST.HIS EYES WERE BLOOD SHOT ANDWATERY AND HE ADMITTED TO, DRINKING.WHEN ASKED TO ESTIMATE HOWINTOXICATED HE WAS HOLLAR STATED, HE WAS A SIX.HOLLAR WAS GIVEN A BREATH TESTAND HAD BLOOD DRAWN ATMETHODIST.WORD QUICKLY SPREAD ABOUT WHATHAPPENED TO THE STATUE ANDTUESDAY MORNING PEOPLE HAD TOCOME SEE FOR THEMSELVES FINDINGTHE DAMAGE HARD TO BELIEVE.A DISAPPOINTMENT TO DEWAYNEWEASE, WHO SAYS HE REMEMBERSBACK IN 1984 WHEN THE SCULPTURWAS PLACED HERE, AND BELIEVES WELOSE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT MAKESTHE CITY SPECIAL WHEN ART ISTAKEN FOR GRANTED.>> I THINK IT'S REALLY BAD THAT

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An iconic Des Moines sculpture suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage Monday after a drunken driver crashed into the piece outside the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, authorities said. Des Moines police said Ronald Hollar crashed into the “Spectral Liberation” after mixing alcohol with high speed and a dead end road. “He's done about a quarter-million dollars’ worth of damage to something the city is very proud of,” Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said. According to a police report, Hollar told authorities that he accelerated the engine of his car and went too fast. Authorities said Hollar’s eyes were bloodshot and watery, and that he admitted to drinking. The police report also said that when asked to estimate how intoxicated he was on a scale of 1-10, Hollar stated he was a six. Several people came to the Greater Des Moines Botanical GardenTuesday to survey the damage done to the sculpture. Dewayne Wease, who came to look at the damage, said he remembers when the sculpture was placed in front of the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden in 1984. Wease said he believes we lose a little bit of what makes the city special when art is taken for granted “I think it’s bad that people are finding the energy to do things like this,” Wease said. “It is not natural.” So far, no charges were filed against Hollar. Police said they are waiting for the DCI lab results. The sculpture was made by Christiane T. Martens and donated by the Belin Family.