Complex sentence: Sally, her brother Franklin Hardesty, and three of their friends were driving through rural Texas to visit their grandparents' graves when they picked up a deranged hitchhiker, who eventually led them to an isolated farm.
Split into simpler sentences: Sally, her brother Franklin, and three of their friends go on a road trip through rural Texas to visit their grandparents' graves. They pick up a deranged hitchhiker, who eventually leads them to an isolated farm.