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Crash Reconstruction Expert Bolsters Defense in Karen Read Retrial

ARCCA tests indicate bar glass could have caused the damage used to link Read’s SUV to her boyfriend’s death.

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Overview

  • Retrial resumes with defense presenting its case after the prosecution rested its evidence.
  • Dr. Daniel Wolfe demonstrated that a cocktail glass launched at 31–37 mph can replicate the taillight damage on Read’s SUV.
  • Low-speed collision tests produced far more damage than seen on Read’s vehicle and lacked sufficient force to cause a skull fracture.
  • A Canton snowplow driver previously testified he did not see John O’Keefe’s body in the yard when plowing the morning he was found.
  • Jury instructions filed by Read’s lawyers signal she may invoke her right not to testify as the defense nears its closing argument.