A suspected drunk driver faces charges after sheriff’s deputies say he crashed into a medevac helicopter northeast of Gallup on Hwy 566 overnight. The accident happened when the helicopter crew was in the process of rescuing someone involved in a different rollover accident. The road was shut down and two fire engines were parked on both sides of the aircraft to protect it, but the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office says a car driven by Glenn Livingston plowed through the road block, around the fire trucks and into the helicopter. Deputies say Livingston was arrested on scene and faces several charges, including DWI. No one was hurt in the crash involving the helicopter. The person injured in the original rollover accident was taken to the hospital by ambulance and is expected to recover.

A suspected drunk driver faces charges after sheriff’s deputies say he crashed into a medevac helicopter northeast of Gallup on Hwy 566 overnight.

The accident happened when the helicopter crew was in the process of rescuing someone involved in a different rollover accident.


The road was shut down and two fire engines were parked on both sides of the aircraft to protect it, but the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office says a car driven by Glenn Livingston plowed through the road block, around the fire trucks and into the helicopter.

Deputies say Livingston was arrested on scene and faces several charges, including DWI.

No one was hurt in the crash involving the helicopter. The person injured in the original rollover accident was taken to the hospital by ambulance and is expected to recover.