Nearly two years after a passenger on a motorcycle lost part of her leg in a crash in Franklin Township, state police have charged the driver with aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence.

Tyler L. Hockenberry, 35, of Muddy Creek Township, who has three prior convictions for DUI, is facing nearly two dozen charges, three of them felonies, police said.

District Judge Bill O'Donnell issued an arrest warrant for Hockenberry last week.

Police said the crash happened July 13, 2018, on Route 422, leaving the defendant and his passenger, Chirley Ross, injured. She was taken to UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh.

Later, police learned that among her injuries, Ross lost her left leg below the knee.

Ambulance medics were treating Hockenberry when police arrived.

Trooper David Wellington, the investigating officer, smelled alcohol coming from the defendant before he was flown by medical helicopter to UPMC Presbyterian .

During their investigation, police said they determined that before the crash about 4 p.m., Hockenberry was traveling on the right shoulder, passing traffic at a high rate of speed on a 2000 Harley-Davidson Sportster.

A witness told police that Ross was yelling at the defendant to slow down, according to Wellington's affidavit.

Emergency crews at the time said the motorcycle was attempting to pass a truck on the shoulder of Route 422. Both vehicles were traveling east, and the truck was making a right-hand turn off the road, into the path of the motorcycle.

The motorcycle struck the truck on its side and skidded off the road into a refrigerator on the curb, crew said.

On July 15, 2018, police spoke to Ross at the hospital but she could not remember what happened, police said. That same day, police received Hockenberry's toxicology reports.

He had opioids and buprenorphine, which is a painkiller that is used to treat opioid addiction, in his system and his blood-alcohol level was 0.053 percent, according to charging documents. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated for alcohol under state law.

Police noted that Hockenberry's license was suspended at the time of the crash for a previous DUI.

He is charged with aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, driving with a blood-alcohol of 0.02 percent or greater driving under license suspension and accidents involving injury, all felonies.

Additionally, he is charged with five misdemeanors including reckless endangerment and multiple counts of DUI and driving under the influence of a controlled substance. Police also charged him with 14 traffic violations.

Online court records did not indicate if Hockenberry has an attorney, and he could not be reached for comment.