Man indicted in Guardsman's hit-and-run death

PHOTOGRAPHER: Marc Schultz

The site of the fatal hit-and-run — as seen in January — beneath the Interstate 87 overpass on Watervliet-Shaker Road.

ALBANY — The man accused in the January hit-and-run death of a National Guardsman is now facing more charges, after a Monday indictment, Albany County District Attorney’s officials said.

Brian Tromans, 33, of Albany, was indicted on one count each of criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident without reporting it and evidence tampering, all felonies.

The criminally negligent homicide and tampering counts are new charges.

Tromans is accused of striking 57-year-old Rudolph E. Seabron on Jan. 8 in Colonie and then leaving the dying man on the roadway.

Seabron, of Rome, served as a master sergeant in the National Guard. The father of three served three tours of duty with the Guard and served previously with the Marines.

Prosecutors contend the two men were at the same establishment, Philly Bar and Grill, and left separately early that morning. Tromans could be seen on video leaving in an SUV and driving toward the area where Seabron was hit, on Watervliet-Shaker Road under the Interstate 87 overpass.

Tromans is accused of causing Seabron’s death with criminal negligence, fleeing and then concealing his 2016 Mazda CX-5 afterward.

Colonie police tracked Tromans’ vehicle to the Rensselaer County hamlet of Melrose and discovered it with significant front end damage, authorities have said.

Tromans is due to be arraigned on the new indictment Wednesday. He has been free on $50,000 bail since shortly after his January arrest.