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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