The Daily Inter Lake: "Witnesses are the least reliable source of evidence when an accident happens, but the co-efficient of friction doesn’t lie.
Montana Highway Patrol troopers are trained in the physics and dynamics of accidents so they can determine what happened, even after the wreckage is cleared away.
Years ago, there was only one accident reconstructionist in Montana, said Capt. Clancy King of the local Highway Patrol office. He recently sent five of his officers to that level of advanced training in Helena.
David Mills, Jim Hawkins, Evan Schneider, Martin Shrock and Dustin LeRette all learned the intricacies of accident reconstruction.
Troopers spend 80 hours learning basic “at-scene” accident investigation in the patrol academy."
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