A Rochester man has been charged with failure to stop at a stop sign…after an investigation concluded he was at fault in a fatal accident several months ago in Ontario County.
The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office also charged 32-year-old Michael Nichols with failure to yield and reckless driving in the crash that killed Eleizer Ortiz-Santiago of Geneva. On January 9th, he was riding in a car being driven on County Road 4 by Crystal Roche-Mercado of Geneva. Nichols was driving on Routes 5&20 and failed to stop at the intersection.
The crash trapped Nichols and Roche-Mercado in their cars, and killed Oritz-Santiago instantly.