Antonio Brown has been identified as the Iowa man killed in a single-vehicle Wednesday evening on the South side of Des Moines.

Brown, 43, was likely driving at a high rate of speed when he was killed in the violent crash, Des Moines Police said in a report.

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Police say Brown was southbound on SW 9th Street just before 9:00pm Wednesday when he lost control and crashed into block column near the intersection with Bundy Avenue. Police say Brown was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the crash. source

Investigators are still working to determine how fast he was driving and if there were any other contributing factors including intoxication or distractions.