Did the CW explain how JOK was hit at high speed by a 7000 pound SUV so hard that he was projected 30 feet through the air, and didn't get so much as a bruise?
I read that the victim did have fractures— a fractured skull:
Yes, he did have a fractured skull, though what you would normally see with that, in the case of a motor vehicle pedestrian collision, is a neck/spinal injury along with the head trauma. This is due the the forces involved on either the body or the head, or both.
The prosecution allege that JOK was hit by a vehicle travelling 24MPH, and
the main point of contact is the tail light.
Firstly, the tail light is not the first point of contact, the bumper is. One might expect bruising and most probably fractures of the knee and/or fima.
The tail light part is next - this is in line with his pelvis. One might expect pelvis or hip fractures and a lot of bruising. After that is the upper body. One might expect bruising and broken ribs for instance.
Lets ignore that for a moment, somehow his body is okay, but he is sent flying. In this scenario, what happens to his head? His body suddenly accelerates and his head is stationary, its attached to his body by his neck. In this scenario he sustains a neck injury.
Ignoring that, the prosecution allege that he's thrown 30 feet after impact, so lets say he falls backwards and strikes his head on the gutter. His body is moving quickly and his head suddenly stops. In this scenario he sustains a neck injury.
Lets say for a moment that for some reason, JOK has stumbled or knelt down for instance after dropping his phone.
His head is hit by the tail light. His head rapidly accelerates but his body is still stationary. In this scenario he sustains a neck injury.
See the pattern?
Lets consider for instance, one of the scenarios suggested by the defence, where he is struck on the back of a head by a blunt object such as a baseball bat. The medical examiner herself admitted that the head injury would be consistent with this.
It's a hard hit, enough to break his skull, but it doesn't force his whole body or head to accelerate in the same mannor that a motor vehicle collision would. In this scenario he does not necessarily sustain injuries to his neck or any other part of his body.
Sure, it's all hypothetical and certainly some unexplained things sometimes happen.
But whatever happened, it had to have happened
within the laws of physics.
One cannot physically operate outside of those laws (even if one doesn't understand them - I'm looking at you, Trooper Paul).
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