Man Sentenced to State Prison in Fatal Route 85 Crash

Man sentenced to state prison in fatal Route 85 crash

Thomas McGrath was impaired by a mixture of Vicodin, fentanyl, alcohol and other drugs when he drove head-on into Michael Kleinke’s 2001 Ford Mustang, fatally injuring the 17-year-old in 2023.

Family of 17-year-old Michael Kleinke deliver emotional statements as Albany County judge sentences repeat offender Thomas McGrath to prison for fatal 2023 wreck

ALBANY—The papers in Jessica Kleine’s hands convulsed as she read her statement, one of seven addressed to Thomas McGrath as he awaited to hear Albany County Judge Andra Ackerman sentence him to prison for the death of her 17-year-old son, Michael Kleinke. The two years since McGrath pointed his car while in a drug-induced haze in Michael’s direction, crashing into him as he returned from a pediatrician’s appointment, Jessica and her family desc…