Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - A truck driver involved in an accident that left an East Syracuse man dead on Sept. 30 has been issued a ticket.
Hal Wood, of Clifton Springs, received a ticket for following too closely and for speeding.
According to a State Police investigation, David Gorinshek , a Fairfield man who was arrested on Wednesday on several charges relating to the incident, and Wood were driving tractor trailers hauling garbage to a dump site in Seneca County, each for independent companies.
Gorinshek was driving a few lengths ahead of Wood in the passing lane and Michael Almy, who was killed in the crash, was in the right hand lane, near the back of Gorinshek's trailer.
Gorinshek hit his brakes when he saw a disabled vehicle ahead in the left hand lane and abruptly tried to maneuver into the right, forcing Almy off the road. Wood also saw the disabled vehicle and tried to move into the right lane, but with Gorinshek slowing down, he was pressed off of the road.
When Wood saw Almy's car, he swerved back into driving lane, but his trailer didn't make it and the rear axle wound up on top of Almy's car.
Wood was embroiled in the accident, but Gorinshek continued ahead.
During their investigation, State Police sent troopers to Seneca Meadows to interview drivers who might have known who was involved in the incident. When they talked to Gorinshek, he said that he had driven by the scene after the accident, but he later told co-workers the truth about the incident. Meanwhile, Wood was offering his statement to the State Police.
Gorinshek was arrested for misleading State Police. He was also charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident and moving from a lane unsafely.
False statement allegedly made about deadly crash
Oct. 7
Canastota (WSYR-TV) - Charges were filed Wednesday against a man accused of making a false written statement about a fatal Thruway crash on September 30. State Police say David Gorinshek, 44, of Fairfield, intentionally misled them about his involvement in the crash.
Gorinshek is charged with making a punishable false written statement in connection with the crash that killed Michael Almy. He will face that charge in the Town of Sullivan Court.
Gorinshek was also charged with leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle collision and moved from lane unsafely. That charge will be faced in the Village of Canastota Court.
State Police say their investigation is continuing and charges are pending against Hal Wood, 54, of Clifton Springs, who was also involved in the crash.
No tickets issued in deadly Thruway crash
September 30
Canastota (WSYR-TV) - Both lanes have reopened on the westbound Thruway near exit 34, the site of a deadly crash earlier in the afternoon. State Troopers say Michael Almy, 55, of East Syracuse, was killed in that crash.
Almy's Hyundai Elantra was crushed in the accident.
The New York State Thruway Authority closed the right lane of westbound traffic near the scene of the accident for several hours. Both lanes were reopened at 7:50 p.m.
No tickets were issued in this crash.
9WSYR.com will have more information as it becomes available.
