SUV driver charged after hitting home.(Main)

SCOTIA - A motorist was charged Wednesday after State Police chased him into the village where he crashed into a vacant home, police said.

Troopers began chasing a red Hummer "driving erratically" at low speeds westbound on Interstate 890 shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday, Sgt. John Phelps said.

The driver, Anthony Florio, 44, of Rotterdam Junction, left the highway and entered the village, where witnesses said he proceeded down Vley Road and the vehicle jumped a curb and crashed into a house at the corner of Cuthbert Street.

Troopers arrested Florio in the yard, five miles from the start of the chase, and took him to Ellis Hospital for evaluation. …