Police identify man who died in motorcycle crash on Saturday

GREECE, N.Y. – Greece Police released the name of the person who died in a deadly crash on Saturday afternoon at the intersection of West Ridge Road and Long Pond Road.

The motorcyclist was 18-year-old Gianni Oswald of Hilton.

The investigation revealed that Oswald was riding a black 2009 Honda Sport motorcycle eastbound on West Ridge Road from Manitou Road at a high rate of speed, weaving through traffic. Witness accounts and security footage indicate that Oswald accelerated recklessly after passing a Greece Police vehicle that was responding to an emergency operation for an unrelated incident.

Oswald entered the congested intersection of West Ridge Road and Long Pond Road against a red light, where he hit a pickup truck, that was making a lawful turn. The driver of the pickup truck was not injured.

Oswald sustained serious injuries and was taken to the hospital where he died from those injuries.