One Dead One Injured After Hartley County Crash Thursday

One person has died and another injured after a wreck in Hartley County on Thursday.

Around 11:20 p.m. about two miles south of Channing on US 385, a semi-truck moved to the shoulder of the road and made an unsafe left turn in front of a car. 

The car hit the semi’s trailer on the left side.

The passenger, Russell Rice, of Dalhart, died at the scene and the driver, also of Dalhart, was airlifted to an Amarillo hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the semi-truck was not injured.

The crash is still under investigation.

 

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