Key defense crash expert refutes vehicle strike in Karen Read case

DEDHAM, Mass. — A key Karen Read defense crash reconstruction expert testified that damage to her SUV — the alleged murder weapon — and wounds to boyfriend John O’Keefe’s arm are “inconsistent” with a vehicle strike.

Daniel Wolfe, a Ph.D. who serves as chief of the crash reconstruction unit of an engineering consultancy company called ARCCA, was asked Friday if he had concluded whether damage to the right taillight of Read’s Lexus LX570 SUV as well as wounds to victim O’Keefe’s right were consistent or not consistent with a rearward “high-speed impact maneuver.”

“It was inconsistent,” Wolfe said. He added that he came to this conclusion through his testing, which he walked the jury through during hours of direct examination, which “was based upon all generally accepted and peer-reviewed