While Bobby Hurley's condition continues to improve, police are checking whether drugs played a part in the car accident that seriously injured the basketball player.
Police are running blood tests to determine if the other driver involved in the crash was under the influence of drugs.Police spokesman Michael Heenan said Tuesday that hospital tests found that motorist Dan Wieland had an undetermined amount of amphetamine in his blood when his station wagon collided Sunday night with Hurley's light truck.
The Sacramento Kings' rookie guard, an All-American at Duke, suffered serious lung injuries in the crash, as well as several broken ribs, a small compression fracture in his back and knee and wrist injuries. He was reported in serious but improved condition Tuesday.
Wieland suffered a broken leg.
Wieland told the New York Times that he hadn't taken any drugs and he disputed a police report that his headlights were not on at the time of the crash.