Crime & Safety
Defense For Newton Driver In Deadly Sweet Tomatoes Crash, Rests
Casler testified in his own defense this week he has no recollection of the crash or the event immediately following it.
NEWTON (CBS) — The defense rested Wednesday in the trial against Brad Casler, the driver involved in the 2016 deadly Sweet Tomatoes crash. Calser, 57, faces two motor vehicle homicide charges after his S.U.V. drove through an intersection in Newton and crashed through the Sweet Tomatoes pizza shop, killing 32-year-old Gregory Morin and 57-year-old Eleanor Miele.
His attorney has blamed Casler’s multiple sclerosis for the crash and said he should not be held criminally responsible. On Wednesday, multiple sclerosis expert Dr. Ellen Lahti with The Elliot Lewis Center for Multiple Sclerosis Care continued her testimony from one day prior. She described in detail the medical effects of multiple sclerosis on people.
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