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The driver of a truck that ran a checkpoint at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Tuesday had a loaded gun at his feet and what may have been cocaine in his pocket, Tucson police said Wednesday.

The truck also reeked of alcohol when rescuers arrived to tend to the driver and passenger after they crashed into a metal road barrier that protects the air base from unauthorized entry.

The men remained hospitalized in fair condition late Wednesday.

Police said they have discounted terrorism as a potential motive and now suspect the duo may have been impaired by drugs or alcohol and confused about where they were.

"We are ready to say that there are no links to terrorism, and we don't have any reason to believe we will uncover one," said Sgt. Mark Robinson, a Tucson Police Department spokesman. "We're looking into the possibility that they were disoriented and got lost."

Police on Wednesday identified the driver as 28-year-old Fidel Antonio Lopez-Sanchez, of an undetermined address; and the passenger as Saul Cazares Carrillo, 24, of the 16000 block of West Greenwald Street near Three Points, about 20 miles west of Tucson.

Investigators are not sure if the passenger was involved in wrongdoing. Carrillo may be treated as a victim if police determine he had no influence over the driver, authorities said.

Base officials ran the men's names through Air Force personnel and contracting records and determined they had no legitimate reason to enter the installation, said Maj. Laurel Tingley, a D-M spokeswoman.

"The people in that vehicle had absolutely no affiliation with the base," she said.

Both the gun, a .45-caliber revolver, and a small amount of what might be cocaine, enough for personal use, were found with the driver. The white powder is being tested, police said.

Authorities still have not been able to question the pair because they have been unconscious since their 1999 Dodge truck slammed into the roadblock after speeding through a D-M entrance gate at South Swan and East Golf Links roads. The incident occurred at 6:45 a.m., and shut down the gate for several hours.

Robinson said the truck is registered to a third party in Southern Arizona, but he would not be more specific because police want to contact the owner first. The vehicle has not been reported stolen, he said.