Workers and investigators continue the grim task of determining the cause of a Monday night accident Tuesday morning, Dec. 17, 2013, that killed trooper David Cunniff and injured another person on the Thruway in Amsterdam, N.Y. Gary R. Blakley of Ontario was driving a tractor trailer that struck Cunniff’s marked State Police car as he was conducting a traffic stop on the Thruway. FONDA — A Canadian truck driver who killed 35-year-old State Trooper David Cunniff in 2013 faces 3½ years in prison at his sentencing Wednesday in Montgomery County Court.
