{"id":37936,"date":"2025-11-06T11:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/37936\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:08:25","slug":"drunken-man-drove-wrong-way-into-vehicle-on-i-30-in-fort-worth-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/37936\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunken man drove wrong way into vehicle on I-30 in Fort Worth, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A motorist was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of intoxication assault in connection with a collision on Interstate 30 in Fort Worth, according to police records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gary Morton, 45, was booked on two counts of intoxication assault with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury and one count of driving while intoxicated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two vehicles collided about 7:30 p.m. on westbound I-30 near Interstate 35W.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the vehicles appeared to have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/traffic\/westbound-i-30-closed-i35w-fort-worth-due-to-crash\/287-21df9ecc-88c0-4ac6-b2e9-73ffda65daf5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:traveling in the wrong direction;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">traveling in the wrong direction<\/a> on the interstate, WFAA-TV reported, citing a police account.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Three people in the vehicle with which police allege Morton collided were injured and taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Fort Worth Police Department spokesperson did not respond to multiple requests from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for 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