Corasanti Trial Day 11: Accident Reconstruction  11:41 AM, May
15, 2012   |    comments   • Share   • Print   • - A A A +
BUFFALO, NY-- The trial for Dr. James Corasanti did not
resume on time Monday morning.   Court proceedings
were scheduled to start at 10am, but the trial was put on hold
for an hour while the attorneys and defendant met in the Judge's
chambers.  Both sides discussed court exhibits before the trial
resumed.  A Senior Investigator for Accident Investigation with
Amherst Police was the only witness of the day.  Robert
McMahon told jurors that once hit, 18-year-old
Alexandria Rice was thrown "40 feet in the air and her body
likely skidded 39 feet on the concrete." This testimony made
Alix's father particulary emotional in court.  The experienced
investigator said based on point of possible perception, he
believes Dr. Corasanti should have seen Alix 345-350 feet before
the crash on Heim Road last July.  Defense attorney Tom Burton
objected to McMahon's point of perception estimate, saying it w