Sgt. John Wheatley testified that an off-duty Dover police officer was traveling 88 miles per house when his truck hit an SUV driving by Catina Isaacs.
That caused a chain reaction involving three other vehicles on Route 13 near Woodside in September of 2018.
WBOC reports that Wheatley said those were findings from an event data recorder inside the truck driven by Frederick Pierce who is on trial for manslaughter.
Wheatley added there was no indication that the brakes had been applied before impact.
In addition, he said it was found that Pierce’s phone had been receiving and sending text messages just two minutes before the crash.
Pierce’s attorney says he expects his client to take the stand arguing negligence not recklessness.
Currently the officer was put on unpaid leave after the accident.
