Alcohol A Factor In Hartley County Crash

Hartley County Sheriff’s Office is reporting a crash on Highway 87, Friday afternoon.

Multiple people were injured when a black passenger car was sitting on the westbound road when the driver attempted to make a u-turn without checking for oncoming traffic and was hit by an eastbound SUV.

Sheriff deputies say the driver was intoxicated. He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Other occupants of the SUV suffered minor injuries, but the Deputies did not say how many occupants were in the vehicle.