Q. WHAT INFORMATION can
be gathered from pieces of glass found
at the scene of a “hit and run” auto-
mobile accident? Have they any value
as evidence?

A. This question is a little broad.
It all depends on the origin of the
glass particles. Let us suppose that the
fragments of glass came from a milk
bottle carried by a child victim of a

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speeding car. As the investigating
officer is seeking evidence with which
to link up the offending vehicle and
the crime, he would naturally ex-
amine any suspected automobile with
great care for any particles of glass
lodged in the radiator grill, hood,
running gear and so on. If the bottle
contained milk at the time of the acci-
dent, he would also include in his
examination an inspection for dried
milk in all the “hard to get at” places
on the vehicle, such as cracks and
juncture points between fenders and
body parts, as no doubt the culprit
would have wiped away the tell-tale
evidence from the more exposed areas.

However, a case such as this would
be relatively rare. Much more fre-
quently do we find that a “hit and
run” accident has resulted in a broken
headlight, or perhaps a windshield,
on the offending vehicle, and that
scraps of glass have been scattered
over the highway. Quite often these
fragments are the only clues to the
culprit, and should be given the atten-
tion they properly deserve.

All pieces of glass found scattered
about the scene of an accident of this
type should be carefully gathered up

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and retained for later examination.
Even small pieces should be picked
up unless too small to be handled.
They may all help in the subsequent
identification of the offending vehicle
and conviction of the culprit. Any
vehicle which may later be suspected
should then be examined for broken
glassware, including headlights, wind-
shield, side windows, parking lights,
spotlights, roadlights, in fact anything
about the car that is made of glass.

Naturally the finest evidence ob-
tainable in cases of this kind, is to be
able to make a physical “fit” between
the pieces found at the scene of the
accident, and other pieces removed
from the suspected vehicle. This type

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