Man killed in crash was intoxicated
A Savannah man who died after hitting a utility pole with his vehicle in Conquest Saturday had a blood alcohol content twice over the legal limit, the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office reported Monday.
Investigators determined the cause of the accident to be driver intoxication. Gary Sigl, 57, of Auburn, had just dropped a friend off in Cato before crashing on Bush Hill Road around 9:47 p.m. Saturday. Sigl was driving home from the Weedsport Rod and Gun Club. He was wearing a seat belt but suffered severe upper body trauma.
Sigl was sentenced in 2000 to serve one to three years in prison for driving his car west in the eastbound lane of Route 5 in Auburn while he was drunk in January 1998. He had multiple DWI convictions prior to that incident.
ACF gets nomination for Guard support
The New York State Department of Correctional Services' Auburn Correctional Facility in Auburn received a nomination for one of the best employers that support workers serving in the National Guard and Reserve, as well as their families.
The Auburn facility is one of the state's 53 nominees National Guardsmen and Reservists nominated for the 2007 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.
Senior defense officials and business leaders will select up to 15 recipients for the honor.
The award will go to the winners at a gala banquet at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 12.
Law enforcement to hold seat belt ‘blitz'
New York State Police and 500 other police agencies will hold a seat belt enforcement “blitz” beginning Monday, May 21, and ending Sunday, June 3.
Law enforcement agencies will staff checkpoints and dedicated patrols in the ongoing “Click It or Ticket - Buckle Up New York” campaign.
About 15 percent of motorists still do not wear safety restraints, the state police said. More than 55 percent of victims in 33,329 highway crashes in 2005 were not wearing their safety restraints, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Regardless of age, all front-seat occupants must be properly secured; all rear-seat passengers under 16 years old must be properly secured.
Children under the age of 4 must be restrained in a federally-approved child safety seat; children of that age who weigh more than 40 pounds, may be secured in a booster seat with a lap/shoulder safety belt.
Children 4 to 6 years old must be restrained in an appropriate child safety seat or booster seat unless they are more than 4 feet 9 inches tall.
- From staff reports
Investigators determined the cause of the accident to be driver intoxication. Gary Sigl, 57, of Auburn, had just dropped a friend off in Cato before crashing on Bush Hill Road around 9:47 p.m. Saturday. Sigl was driving home from the Weedsport Rod and Gun Club. He was wearing a seat belt but suffered severe upper body trauma.
Sigl was sentenced in 2000 to serve one to three years in prison for driving his car west in the eastbound lane of Route 5 in Auburn while he was drunk in January 1998. He had multiple DWI convictions prior to that incident.
ACF gets nomination for Guard support
The New York State Department of Correctional Services' Auburn Correctional Facility in Auburn received a nomination for one of the best employers that support workers serving in the National Guard and Reserve, as well as their families.
The Auburn facility is one of the state's 53 nominees National Guardsmen and Reservists nominated for the 2007 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.
Senior defense officials and business leaders will select up to 15 recipients for the honor.
The award will go to the winners at a gala banquet at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 12.
Law enforcement to hold seat belt ‘blitz'
New York State Police and 500 other police agencies will hold a seat belt enforcement “blitz” beginning Monday, May 21, and ending Sunday, June 3.
Law enforcement agencies will staff checkpoints and dedicated patrols in the ongoing “Click It or Ticket - Buckle Up New York” campaign.
About 15 percent of motorists still do not wear safety restraints, the state police said. More than 55 percent of victims in 33,329 highway crashes in 2005 were not wearing their safety restraints, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Regardless of age, all front-seat occupants must be properly secured; all rear-seat passengers under 16 years old must be properly secured.
Children under the age of 4 must be restrained in a federally-approved child safety seat; children of that age who weigh more than 40 pounds, may be secured in a booster seat with a lap/shoulder safety belt.
Children 4 to 6 years old must be restrained in an appropriate child safety seat or booster seat unless they are more than 4 feet 9 inches tall.
- From staff reports
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