Crash reconstruction expert to take the stand NBC Boston [Video]

Controversial testimony is expected to continue Monday morning when the Karen Read trial resumes.

The last person to take the stand Friday will be the first to testify — that’s Trooper Joseph Paul, a crash reconstruction expert with Massachusetts State Police. His testimony so far has caused some tension in the courtroom.

He answered questions during a heated cross examination about what he makes of a controversial video showing Read backing into John O’Keefe’s vehicle, which was parked at her home.

The defense says it’s what caused her taillight to crack, adding that police had something to do with O’Keefe’s death and then framing Read for murder.

The prosecution argues that Read’s SUV was damaged after she backed it into O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, on Fairview Road in Canton, Massachusetts, leaving him for dead in a snowbank outside the home of a fellow officer in the early hours of Jan. 29, 2022 …