POSTED: 3:02 pm EDT October 21, 2011
UPDATED: 5:52 pm EDT October 21, 2011
LEBANON, Ohio -- An accident reconstruction expert said that the car that struck and killed a Warren County sheriff's deputy was moving at 65 mph when it hit him.Sgt. Charles Scales said that his investigation determined that the car Marcus Isreal was driving was moving at 114 mph at one point but was going about 65 mph when struck Sgt. Brian Dulle."As an officer that's been involved in these things, I would view a car coming at me at 126 miles an hour as anything but an attempt to escape," said Sgt. Charles Scales, a reconstructionist with the Ohio State Highway Patrol.Dulle was attempted to set out Stop Sticks to end an 18-mile pursuit of Isreal's vehicle in May.Live Wire Coverage Isreal, 23, of Middletown, is accused of murder and eight other felony charges. His attorney admits that Isreal is "responsible" for Dulle's death, but says it was not murder.Scales testified that the car hit Dulle and his patrol SUV at an angle, then flipped end over end until it hit a utility pole. He said Isreal either crawled out or was thrown out the sunroof of the car.Defense attorneys argue that Isreal did not intentionally hit Dulle so he should not be charged with murder."So when he turns right, I don't have to keep going straight. I can take my car and go right in to him, can't I? Nothing's stopping me from doing that," defense attorney Clyde Bennett said.Evidence shows Isreal didn't turn and continue at the oncoming officers. Instead he kept going straight until he crashed into Dulle.Scales said that given the road and weather conditions, Isreal should have seen the lights of Dulle's SUV nearly 2,000 feet away. He said that based on the skid marks, Isreal was straddling the center line when the collision happened.After Scales, Montgomery County deputy coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger took the stand to describe Dulle's injuries and autopsy results in detail.Testimony continues Monday.
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