Driver charged after crash injures him, 4 boys

By KVAL News Published: Jul 10, 2012 at 4:48 PM PDT Last Updated: Jul 11, 2012 at 10:26 AM PDT
Driver charged after crash injures him, 4 boys
Bill and Linda Downard of Corvallis, Ore., comfort each other as emergency personnel care for their family members after their vehicle flipped along Highway 34 on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. A man and four boys were transported to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. (AP Photo/The Corvallis Gazette-Times, Amanda Cowan )

CORVALLIS, Ore. - The driver of a Dodge Durango that crashed Tuesday morning, injuring the driver and four boys ages 7 to 14, faces charges of meth possession and careless driving.

Randy Keith Monson, 29, of Corvallis was arrested for possesion of methamphetamine and cited for driving while suspended and careless driving after he was released from the hosptial Tuesday, Oregon State Police said.

Monson was beind the wheel of a 1999 Durango just after 10 a.m. Tuesday on Highway 34. The SUV drifted into a ditch, hit a culvert pipe under and driveway and overturned onto the highway.

Monson and the boys were taken to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis for treatment.