Roush No. 6 Cup hauler involved in injury crash

Two Roush Racing employees were injured in a multi-vehicle accident Wednesday morning 85 miles east of El Paso, Texas.

Justin Grebe, the driver of the No. 6 Roush Racing Nextel Cup transporter, was treated and released from Thomason Hospital. Driving partner Joe Millikan, a passenger, is in stable condition in the Thomason Hospital intensive care unit. The two were returning to Concord, N.C., from the recently concluded test session at Las Vegas.

According to local news reports, two other people also were taken to Thomason Hospital after suffering non life-threatening injuries.

The cause of the crash, which involved three tractor-trailers and a mobile home in Sierra Blanca, Texas, has not been determined.

Millikan is a former NASCAR driver who made 78 Cup starts from 1979 through 1986, compiling 10 top-fives and 38 top-10s. His best season was in 1979, when he posted 20 top-10s in 31 starts and finished sixth in points behind Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough and Benny Parsons.

The accident occurred on Interstate 10 at about 9:15 a.m. local time, near the Border Patrol checkpoint.

According to Border Patrol officials at the checkpoint, the hauler struck a motorhome, which then struck another 18-wheeler that then struck a second tractor-trailer.

Jesse Bear, a truck driver who witnessed the scene, told ABC-7 TV in El Paso the tractor-trailer struck a motor home in the rear. Bear added there were "a few other vehicles in the wreck, but everything was crushed together."

According to ABC-7 reporter Darren Hunt, the front part of the rig's cab was completely torn off.

Emergency crews with Culberson and Hudspeth counties in Texas, and the city of Fort Hancock, Texas, all responded to the scene of the accident.

The collision shut down eastbound traffic on I-10 for nearly five hours.

Roush Racing will provide additional details as they become available.