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HALE COUNTY, Texas--Hale County Sheriffs arrested 45-year-old Thomas Rich of Midland on charges of intoxication assault following a crash on Sunday afternoon.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, around 2:21 p.m. on Sunday, September 7, DPS Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash near the 29-mile marker on Interstate 27 in Hale County. Through the initial course of the investigation, it was determined that a vehicle driven by a 19-year-old from Amarillo was traveling southbound on Interstate 27.

Another vehicle driven by Thomas Rich was also traveling southbound on Interstate 27, rapidly approaching the first vehicle from behind. Rich then collided with the first vehicle, causing it to

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