Friday, 25 November 2016

The Role of the Biomechanics Expert in Evaluating a Criminal Case of Vehicle Assault: A Case Study Addressing Fraud

This case involved two couples who lived and worked in a rural area. They were employed by the same company and shared the same work pickup truck during different work shifts. Grievances and animosity had developed between the two parties and therefore motivation to "get even" could be ascribed to both parties. 

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One afternoon, the husband of one of the couples claimed that as he was walking to his mailbox, the female of the other couple purposely drove the company pickup truck off the road striking him and leaving him incapacitated for a period of time. He recalled that the female was smiling as she drove into him and then remembered her driving to and parking in the vehicle exchange spot near his house. The accused female perpetrator was allegedly then picked up by her boyfriend and the two drove away from the area.