A 15-year-old Stroud motorcycle driver was seriously injured Monday night in a two-vehicle collision and the driver of the other vehicle was taken to jail.
Stroud Police Chief Clint Gaylord said he isn’t able to release the injured youth’s name because he is a juvenile.
Gaylord confirmed the youth was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa and was in stable condition after suffering suspected injuries to his spine and neck area.
The chief reported the collision occurred around 9:30 p.m. Monday at SH 99 and E 850 Road. He identified the driver of the other vehicle as Hank Hunzicker, 51, of Drumright.
Gaylord said Officers Levi Bruder and Rickasha Gilley investigated the collision and they determined the motorcycle was northbound on SH 99 and making a right to go east on E 850 Road, when the 2011 Infiniti passenger car driven by Hunzicker, which also was northbound, struck the rear of the motorcycle causing the crash.
The chief noted that Hunzicker told the officers he had drunk “3 Tall Boy beers and the remainder of the beer was in the car.” He reportedly also told officers the blood alcohol test he had agreed to submit to would probably show that he was intoxicated.
Gaylord stated officers, after reading Hunzicker the implied consent law, took him to Stroud Regional Hospital for a blood draw, then transported him to the Lincoln County Jail. He was booked on charges of causing an accident with great bodily injury while driving under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants, unlawfully transporting an open container of alcohol and following too closely.