The fatal crash happened back in August on the corner of Madison Avenue and Quail Street. Questions after the crash had been raised as to whether the officer had his lights and sirens on at the time of the crash.
Today's released report was put together by the Albany Police Department and the New York State Police after reconstruction and internal investigations.
Witnesses we spoke with back when the crash happened described the shocking incident.
"The car had basically pushed him all the way in so his hip was up and his legs were tangled underneath," witness Erinn Calvert told us back in August.
Jamar McGill was the passenger in a Honda Civic driven by 23-year-old Melissa Escobar of Albany.
The driver of the Albany Police car was Officer Christopher Orth.
The report says that Orth was one of three cruisers responding to an emergency call that night. That's in line with what witnesses told us at the time.
"He was going flying through at at least 50 mph. And then I actually heard him slam into the car," witness Stephanie Vigneault said.
The report says Officer Orth was going about 46 miles an hour eastbound on Madison Ave. At the same time Escobar was going southbound on Quail. The report says Orth did slow down before he sped back up. His light was red. Escobar's was green.
Also in that report, investigators say Orth did have his lights and sirens on at the time.
Investigators concluded that the primary cause of the collision was failure to yield to an emergency vehicle on the part of Escobar.
A secondary contributing factor was the failure to drive with reasonable care for all persons using the highway on the part of Officer Orth.
Albany Police declined to comment further on this investigation.
We were not able to get in contact with Escobar tonight.
Officer Orth is currently on regular duty.
