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UPDATE: The Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a fatal motor vehicle crash on Route 370 in Cato. 79-year old William L. Levea of Fulton is charged with Murder in the second degree, Driving While Intoxicated and Reckless Driving. 

Deputies say a preliminary investigation found Levea was driving westbound on Route 370 when he repeatedly rammed his vehicle into the rear of a Ford Ranger pickup truck driven by 41-year old Christopher J. Spack of Camillus. The ramming caused Spack to lose control and cross into the path of  an oncoming pickup truck driven by Bradley Leyburn of Cato. 

Spack was ejected from his vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Leyburn suffered minor injuries. A fourth vehicle also struck Spack’s truck. The driver and passenger in that vehicle were not injured. 

Levea is being held in the Cayuga County Jail without bail. He was not injured in the crash.

Four cars collided near the intersection of Routes 370 and 176 in Cato at around 6:30 Friday night. At least two other people were hurt.

Sheriff David Gould says deputies are looking into whether or not alcohol was involved. A representative from the District Attorney's Office was also at the scene of the crash. Someone was taken away from the scene in a squad car.