Car Running Over Foot May Not Break Bones, Expert Witness Tells BC Mayor’s Trial

Outgoing Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum, who was defeated in the recent municipal election, arrives at provincial court for the first day of his public mischief trial, in Surrey, B.C., on Oct. 31, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

An expert in fractures has told the mischief trial of Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum that broken bones may not necessarily be the result if someone’s foot is run over by a car.

Biomechanical engineer Dennis Chimich testified for the defence on Wednesday as McCallum’s lawyers opened their case by presenting evidence to suggest the mayor was not lying to police when he told them a woman ran over his foot in a grocery store parking lot.