Suspect arraigned in fatal Dysinger Road hit-and-run

Benjamin Joe, Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y.
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Jul. 6—A Lockport man was arraigned Wednesday in Feb. 19's fatal-hit-and-run on Dysinger Road in the Town of Lockport.

Nathan Marziale, 38, is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident.

Niagara County Court Judge Caroline Wojtaszek presided over the arraignment and instituted the bail for continued release at $2,500. Marziale had paid the same amount upon his arrest but had been reimbursed since and had to pay the bail again.

Defense attorney Thomas Eoannou said that Marziale is not accused of having used drugs or alcohol at the time of the deadly accident.

"Like a lot of these cases are, this is a tragic accident," Eoannou said.

According to Niagara County Sheriff Mike Filicetti, the victim, Rafael Medina-Gonzalez, 28, of Grand Island, worked as an independent contractor to help get Amazon trucks up-and-running should they be stuck in snow or need a jump-start because their battery had died.

Filicetti said at the time of the accident, which occurred in the evening on Saturday, Feb. 19, Medina-Gonzalez was working to help a truck get out a driveway on Dysinger Road. He was then struck and dragged for miles before falling off the vehicle on Akron Road near Lincoln Avenue.

Law enforcement responded immediately to the call of a hit-and-run. The suspect's vehicle was reported to be a 2018 BMW X5 and after six hours of the accident, Marziale was found and taken into custody.

"It's definitely tragic," Filicetti said. "It's definitely upsetting and it's definitely not something I've seen before where the pedestrian or the victim is on the vehicle for roughly two miles. That is not something I've seen before."