Wilton man gets six months in jail for vehicular assault

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- A Saratoga County Judge sentenced a Wilton man to six months in Saratoga County Jail for first-degree vehicular assault that injured two children. The Saratoga County District Attorney's office said Matthew Murray, 40, pleaded guilty to the August crash in October.

Murray confessed through his guilty plea to the crash on Pettis Road in Wilton on August 7. Murray swerved to avoid hitting a deer, causing the pick-up truck he was driving to go off the road, hit a pole, and overturn, ejecting a seven and 10-year-old in the bed of the truck.

Murray was initially indicted with first-degree vehicular assault, two counts of aggravated DWI, operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content over 0.8% or greater, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The judge also sentenced Murray to five years of probation.