East Syracuse, NY -- An arrest was made in the Thruway accident in Canastota last week that killed an East Syracuse resident, the New York state police announced today. David J. Gorinshek, 44, of Fairfield, is charged with making a punishable false written statement, a misdemeanor, during the investigation into the Sept. 30 crash that killed Michael W. Almy, 55,...
East Syracuse, NY -- An arrest was made in the Thruway accident in Canastota last week that killed an East Syracuse resident, the New York state police announced today.
David J. Gorinshek, 44, of Fairfield, is charged with making a punishable false written statement, a misdemeanor, during the investigation into the Sept. 30 crash that killed Michael W. Almy, 55, of 200 East Yates St.
Gorinshek was arrested after troopers discovered he misled investgators concerning his involvement in the crash. At the time of the crash, troopers said Almy was traveling west on the Thruway when he pulled to the right and slowed to avoid two vehicles stopped in the passing lane because of an accident.
Two trash-hauling tractor-trailers also moved right, troopers said at the time. The driver of one truck, Hal G. Wood, 54, of Clifton Springs, started to move into the right lane and, spotting Almy’s Hyundai Elantra, then tried to move back left, which caused his truck to fishtail, troopers said. Almy’s car was crushed by the truck.
The other truck, which troopers said Gorinshek was driving, left the scene, troopers said. The two trash-hauling trucks actually collided as Wood tried to avoid Almy’s car, troopers said.
Gorinshek told two investigators that he came through the crash scene after the crash and told a third that he came through the crash scene just before the crash, troopers said.
Gorinshek is also ticketed with leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle collision and moving from a lane unsafely.
The investigation is continuing and traffic charges are pending against Wood.
Gorinshek is scheduled to appear Oct. 19 in Sullivan Town Court on the misdemeanor charge.