Accident investigation expert Jason Kloese testified Thursday that Edward Cook was driving at least 49 mph in a 30 mph zone
last year when he went off a residential street in Batavia,IL, killing a
man and his dog. Kloese estimated Cook's speed between 49.9 mph and 56.4 mph in the July
29, 2009, crash that killed 57-year-old David Long of Batavia and his
black lab mix, Shadow. He said there were no signs of mechanical
problems on the car Cook was driving, nor other circumstances that would
have caused him to drive onto the sidewalk and hit Long.
Cook, who was on parole for a prior DUI conviction at the time of the
crash, told police he "blanked out" at the wheel after a night of
drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana. He denied having stolen a 2003
white Acura from a friend's girlfriend earlier that morning.
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