BATAVIA — A Buffalo man who allegedly lost control of a motorcycle Friday morning, causing a fatal accident, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.
Christopher Scinta, 27, was also charged Friday with second-degree obstructing governmental administration, obstructing emergency medical services, fourth-degree criminal mischief, operator leaving scene of an accident – injury resulting in death, reckless driving, improper passing on the right, driving a motor vehicle on a sidewalk, unlicensed driver, operating an unregistered motor vehicle on a highway, operating motor vehicle without insurance, operating a motor vehicle without an inspection certificate, speed not reasonable and prudent, operating a motorcycle with improper plate and failure to stop at a yield sign when required.
At about 11:57 a.m. Friday, the Genessee County Emergency Dispatch Center received a report of a motorcycle accident at the roundabout on Oak Street Extension. Batavia city police arrived and found a female on the ground in the roundabout and Scinta, the operator of the motorcycle, fleeing the scene. Mercy EMS and the Batavia City Fire Department were dispatched and arrived to render aid to the female. The operator was stopped by police and returned to the scene.
While medics were attempting to render aid to the female, Scinta allegedly attempted to interfere with EMS personnel. The operator, identified as Christopher Scinta, 27, of Buffalo, NY was then taken into custody. Scinta was transported to Batavia police headquarters where he allegedly attempted to flee again by damaging and jumping out of a window. Scinta was quickly apprehended. The female, Jasmyne Rubel, 17, was transported to UMMC, where she was pronounced dead. Based on the investigation, it’s alleged that Scinta was operating the motorcycle in a reckless manner and at a high rate of speed on Pearl Street with Rubel as a passenger. Scinta struck the curb near the roundabout causing him to lose control. The motorcycle came to rest on South Main Street, east of the roundabout. No other vehicles were involved in the accident.
Scinta was arraigned in Batavia City Court before Judge Thomas Burns and remanded to the Genesee County Jail on $25,000 cash, $50,000 bond, or $100,000 partially secured bond. Scinta is scheduled to reappear in Batavia City Court at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
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