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The buckled hood and damaged fender of the 2010 BMW driven by Dr. James G. Corasanti that struck teenage longboarder Alexandria "Alix" Rice.

Neither Dr. James G. Corasanti's wife nor the first officer to talk to him the night of the accident testified at his trial.

BUFFALO, NY Even though the jury is not scheduled to get the case of Dr. James Corasanti until Tuesday, attorneys for both the prosecution and defense were back in court for what's called a 'charge conference.' Outside the presence of the jury, Defense Attorney Joel Daniels asked the judge to consider "charging down" two of the counts against the ... (more)

After nearly a month of conflicting testimony, expert witnesses and the defendant taking the stand in his own defense, the manslaughter trial of Dr.

Defense lawyers for Dr. James G. Corasanti rested their case this afternoon, after a combative give-and-take between a prosecutor and the defense team's accident reconstruction expert.

The trial of Dr. James G. Corasanti has brought to light the details of what happened the night of July 8, when the teen was struck and killed More than three dozen witnesses over 14 days of Dr.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Dr. James Corasanti got on the witness stand around 10:07 am. Friday in court, he's telling the jury his side of what happened last July, the night 18-year-old Alexandria Rice was struck and killed.

A car most likely traveling between 46 and 52 mph fatally struck 18-year-old longboard skater Alexandria Rice last July, an Amherst accident reconstruction investigator said Tuesday in Erie County Court.

A motorist "could have or should have" spotted 18-year-old longboard skater Alexandria Rice about 350 feet away - longer than a football field - along the stretch of Heim Road where she was fatally struck, an accident reconstruction investigator testified Monday.

Sean Patrick's in Getzville couldn't be more endearing. From the outside its facade looks like a pub plucked from a small town in Ireland.

BUFFALO, NY On day number eight of the vehicular manslaughter trial of Dr. James Corasanti, cell phone records show the doctor was sending text messages in the time leading up to the fatal crash that took the life of Alexandria Rice.

Some lessons are never fully learned. Young people still take up cigarettes, even knowing-as best as young people can-that they will probably become addicted and could even die, painfully and prematurely.

Day number three of the trial of Dr. James Corasanti started off with evidence showing that only one 911 call was made for help on the night of the fatal accident.

But the opening statements by the prosecution and the defense make clear that Corasanti's wealth is also a part of the trial.