A crash reconstructionist testifies that it is highly unlikely for a Toronto police officer to have been able to get up before being run over by a car in an underground parking garage. The testimony contradicts the suggestion that the officer may not have fallen to the ground. The expert witness is testifying at the trial of a defendant charged with first-degree murder in the officer's death.
TORONTO — A crash reconstructionist is telling jurors it's highly unlikely a Toronto police officer who he says was knocked to the ground in an underground parking garage would have been able to get up before he was run over by a car.
Raftery, who has been called as an expert witness by the defence, is testifying at the trial of Umar Zameer. He pointed to a disturbance in the dust on the front fender as evidence of that glancing contact, and said the absence of damage to the front fender and hood show Northrup wasn't run over while standing.A crash reconstruction expert called by the Crown previously testified he concluded Northrup had been knocked to the ground by the car while it was reversing and was run over when he was already on the ground.
Crown prosecutor Michael Cantlon suggested Northrup may not have fallen after the contact and may instead have regained his footing, but Raftery rejected that suggestion.
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