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Otego Man Charged

With Manslaughter

In Pittsfield Crash

Santiago

PITTSFIELD – An Otego man was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree Manslaughter in the Pittsfield crash that killed two women in July.

Shane M. Santiago, 26, Otego, was arrested by State Police Troop C after an investigation revealed he had allegedly been driving recklessly when the 2011 Ford Escape went off the roadway on County Highway 13 in Pittsfield.

“He was driving 85 miles per hour around a steep curve,” said District Attorney John Muehl.

Two 21-year-old passengers, Cheyenn J. Aubry, Bainbridge and Tehya E. Gonzalez, Treadwell, died at the scene, while Santiago was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and released.

It is not yet known if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash, and the investigation continues.  “The charges could change, based on what we find,” said Muehl.

Santiago was arraigned virtually and remanded on $2,000 cash bail or $4,000 bond.

Muehl said he intends to bring the case before the grand jury.

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6 Comments

  1. He’s a piece of shit he needs to be put in Prison for the rest of his life he killed 2 innocent people and one was a mother of a baby girl now has to grow up with out a mother. That little girl deserves justice. Hopefully the justices system dose a good job to bad New York don’t have the death penalty!

  2. He jumped out of that car! There is no way going that fast he didn’t sustain more injuries. There is so much more to this story that is NOT being made public. This poor excuse of a man did this on purpose. Too much proof! The state police need to get it together there.

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