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A Team 5 investigation is raising serious questions about the Massachusetts State Police accident reconstruction team, a unit trusted to investigate and assign blame in serious and fatal crashes.But what happens when victims' families believe that unit's conclusions are wrong? NewsCenter 5's Sean Kelly reported Wednesday they're sometimes left with no place to turn.
Helen Cadden, 87, died after being hit in the middle of a Mattapoisett crosswalk five years ago.
Her son, Peter, a mechanical engineer, has measured it dozens of times after state police concluded Helen's death was her own fault, not the elderly driver who hit her.
"Victims are being blamed," said Cadden. "They're botching these reports."
Read more: http://www.wcvb.com/news/investigative/Critics-say-accident-reconstruction-can-t-always-be-trusted/-/12520878/17499280/-/ykk266/-/index.html#ixzz2CxJYn5Y0
A Team 5 investigation is raising serious questions about the Massachusetts State Police accident reconstruction team, a unit trusted to investigate and assign blame in serious and fatal crashes.But what happens when victims' families believe that unit's conclusions are wrong? NewsCenter 5's Sean Kelly reported Wednesday they're sometimes left with no place to turn.
Helen Cadden, 87, died after being hit in the middle of a Mattapoisett crosswalk five years ago.
Her son, Peter, a mechanical engineer, has measured it dozens of times after state police concluded Helen's death was her own fault, not the elderly driver who hit her.
"Victims are being blamed," said Cadden. "They're botching these reports."
Read more: http://www.wcvb.com/news/investigative/Critics-say-accident-reconstruction-can-t-always-be-trusted/-/12520878/17499280/-/ykk266/-/index.html#ixzz2CxJYn5Y0