Forensic training helps establish cause of most car crashes

GARDAÍ have claimed that they can predict the exact cause of most car crashes even when there are no witnesses, due to the expansion of forensic training within the force.

Forensic training helps establish cause of most car crashes

Gardaí unveiled techniques used by the Forensic Collision Investigation Unit in establishing the exact cause of what happened at the scenes of fatal road accidents at Garda headquarters in the Phoenix Park.

Senior forensic collision investigator, Sgt Colm Finn of Templemore Training College, said gardaí were able to calculate precisely what happened at the scene of most crashes, including the speed and angle of different vehicles at the time of impact.

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