Truck involved in pursuit crashes into Chemung home, injures occupants. Driver charged.
A Tioga County man faces several felony charges after a pickup truck crashed into a Town of Chemung home May 27, injuring two occupants.
Around 9:25 p.m. Tuesday, state troopers from the Horseheads barracks responded to a report of a motor vehicle slamming into a residence at 959 Dry Brook Road.
A preliminary investigation revealed a 2014 Toyota Tundra, operated by 43-year-old Terry Lynn Murray, of Lockwood, had been involved in a pursuit initiated by the Sayre Borough Police Department. The chase was discontinued after the vehicle crossed into New York state, state police said.
At some point after that pursuit ended, Murray crashed his truck into the Chemung home, according to troopers. Two residents were extricated from the home by emergency medical personnel after being injured.
One of the occupants, 71-year-old Connie A. Miller, suffered serious internal injuries and was transported to Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, state police said. She was in critical condition Wednesday. John J. Miller, 76, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, troopers said.
Murray was arrested at the scene, and subsequently charged with first-degree vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated with a prior DWI conviction within the past 10 years, and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, all felonies.
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Murray was arraigned in Town of Ashland Court and committed to the Chemung County Jail in lieu of bail.
The investigation into the incident is continuing.
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