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<h3><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2015/07/01/fatal-crash-driver-sam-ellis-cited-for-underage-booze-rap-and-fighting-in-ocean-city-prior-to-double-fatal-crash/" target="_blank">Ellis faces charges from June Ocean City brawl in November; alcohol charges in Montgomery County shortly before crash were dropped by Montgomery County States Attorney</a></h3>
<p><strong><em>From WUSA 9 News Reporter Andrea McCarren</em></strong>;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">NORTH POTOMAC, Md. (WUSA9) — A parent was present at an alcohol-fueled party in North Potomac that led to a fatal car crash in June, according to documents obtained by WUSA9.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The documents also show that the car carrying Alex Murk, Calvin Li, Sam Ellis and Cameron Siasi</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">was also traveling at least more than 30 miles above the speed limit before the crash.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The four were leaving a house party on June 25 on Dufief Mill Road in North Potomac when their car, driven by Ellis, flew into a fence, hit a tree and landed upside down in a nearby yard. Murk and Li, both riding in the back seat, were <a class="aalmanual" title="killed" href="http://astore.amazon.com/stmarystodaonlin" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc;">killed</span></u></a> in the <a class="aalmanual" title="accident" href="http://astore.amazon.com/stmarystodaonlin" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc;">accident</span></u></a>. Ellis and Siasi, who was the front-seat passenger, both suffered serious injuries.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The documents show that Ellis was <a class="aalmanual" title="driving" href="http://astore.amazon.com/stmarystodaonlin" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc;">driving</span></u></a> at a minimum speed of 65 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone. In an interview with investigators, Siasi said he saw the speedometer at 105 miles per hour and said “Sam’s eyes widened” and “Calvin let out a faint scream.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“We know he was going at least 65 miles an hour and probably much, much more. He was on the wrong side of the road, trying to go around the speed camera,” Montgomery <a class="aalmanual" title="County" href="http://astore.amazon.com/stmarystodaonlin" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc;">County</span></u></a> <a class="aalmanual" title="Police" href="http://astore.amazon.com/stmarystodaonlin" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc;">Police</span></u></a> Captain Tom Didone said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">An investigation indicated that Ellis’ car was traveling southbound in the northbound lane on Dufief Mill Road. Siasi told investigators that Ellis, 18, was worried about getting a ticket from a nearby speed camera and someone in the car said ‘if you go fast enough, the camera won’t get you.’</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Police had previously said Murk and Li were not wearing seatbelts. Both of the front-seat passengers were wearing seatbelts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“When parents are hosting parties and kids are going to drink, they’re going to drink more. And bad things occur,” Didone said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sources confirm to WUSA9 that the party was held at the home of Kenneth Saltzman, whose daughter was the host. Documents reveal that one partygoer brought two 30-packs of beer and Salzman jokingly asked if one of those cases was for him.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All of the alcohol for the party was bought at a liquor store in Rockville, sources say. Some of that alcohol was purchased by a teenage boy with what sources describe as “a very good fake ID.” The rest of the alcohol was bought by a 21-year-old sibling of one of the partygoers.</span></p>
<p>“<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It’s not a kiddie crime. It is something very serious. We hear about these consequences all the time so parents need to have that family discussion,” Didone said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Documents show Ellis’ blood alcohol level was a .09 at a <a class="aalmanual" title="hospital" href="http://astore.amazon.com/stmarystodaonlin" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc;">hospital</span></u></a> two hours after the crash. Later, using a <a class="aalmanual" title="state" href="http://astore.amazon.com/stmarystodaonlin" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc;">state</span></u></a> police kit, it was a .07. For adults, the <a class="aalmanual" title="legal" href="http://astore.amazon.com/stmarystodaonlin" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc;">legal</span></u></a> limit of intoxication is .08.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">According to the documents, <strong><em>Ellis also tested positive for marijuana and benzodiazepines</em></strong>, which is found in medications like Xanax.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In their investigation, police encountered difficulties getting community members to provide any information. <strong><em>Police had to subpoena more than a dozen teenagers to testify before a grand jury</em> </strong>and sources say as many of three-quarters of them lawyered up. The teens agreed to provide information to police on the promise of immunity</span> &#8230;<strong><em><a href="http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/potomac/2015/09/18/sources-parent-party-led-fatal-n-potomac-crash/72414462/" target="_blank">MORE</a></em></strong></p>
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