Dayton man accused of striking jogger indicted for OVI, aggravated vehicular assault

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A Dayton man indicted Thursday is accused of striking a jogger in July while driving drunk.

Virl Murphy, 50, was issued a summons to appear for his arraignment Dec. 23 in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court for aggravated vehicular assault and a misdemeanor OVI charge.

Murphy was driving a 2011 Ford Flex north on Brown Street around 7:15 p.m. July 27 at “an excessive rate of speed” when at Adams Street he apparently lost control and struck a pedestrian in the bike path on Brown Street, according to a Dayton Police Department crash report.

The 28-year-old jogger, a Dayton man, suffered suspected serious injuries and was taken to Miami Valley Hospital.

Alcohol was suspected, the report noted, and the OVI charge on the indictment indicated the defendant’s blood-alcohol content was .17 or greater, which is more than double Ohio’s legal driving limit of 0.08.

Murphy is not in custody.

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