IDing Driver Killed In I-684 Crash Was Complicated By 'False Alias'

BEDFORD, NY — An alias police say was used by an accident victim made identifying the body thornier than expected.

This article was updated to include information from the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

The New York State Police say that on April 14, they started investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that took place on Interstate 684, in the Town of Bedford.

Around 3:15 p.m., troopers reported to the area of mile post marker 13 on the northbound side of I-684, after a report of a vehicle off the roadway. They found the driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, dead.

Investigators say the 2006 Honda CRV veered to the left, entered the median at a high rate of speed, and then struck a tree.

Police initially identified the driver based on a valid New York driver's license found with him as Jose Perez Rosa.

However, state police say that they later determined that this was a false alias and the driver was in fact 53-year-old Mario B. Goris, of the Bronx. According to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, a 53-year-old Mario B. Goris was ordered deported from the U.S. in 2011 following convictions for manslaughter and possession of contraband.