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Chapter 461 Car Accident Scene Investigation
In the end, the dinner ended badly.

Meng Ting felt that he had lost face in front of his colleagues, and he didn't want to get involved in the case of Sha Luxun. This matter was too sensitive, so he took a few bites and left with the excuse of being busy.

Formosa thought that Meng Ting was deceiving him, and temporarily dismissed the plan to instigate the opponent, and decided to find out the conclusive evidence of the case first, and then the two sides sat down to have a good talk.

There is a British proverb, don’t wade through the river when you can’t see the bottom. When you are not 100% sure, it is best not to decide something lightly. This is true for him, and it is also true for Meng Ting.

Early the next morning.

Formosa rushed to the scene of Saludhoon's death with his assistant, along with a consulate interpreter and a traffic policeman who was on duty not far away and witnessed the accident.

In addition, the dozen or so police officers appeared again last night, fully armed and started patrolling around, without any intention of interfering with solving the case, it looked like an ordinary VIP protection operation.

Mr. Detective can only comfort himself. It is good news for the investigation of the case to get official support, and he can get first-hand information. Thanks to the good relationship between Mr. Consul and the Jinling government.

However, due to the car accident and the fire, the scene has become a ruin. The burned black truck skeleton lies among the rubble and rubble, and there are no valuable clues at all.

The accompanying traffic policeman explained: "Mr. Detective, since this case is of great importance, according to Shangfeng's order, we did not clean up the scene, and it is still the same as the day the accident happened."

"Good. You guys are very professional."

After listening to the translation, Formosa praised that the first scene of the crime was very important. He didn't expect that the Chinese would keep it. Isn't he afraid of finding evidence here?

He was a little puzzled, and after thinking about it, he asked the other party a question: "Mr. Police, please explain in detail what happened to the accident, especially the condition of the truck and the driver, is that okay?"

The traffic policeman said a few words to the translator and nodded: "Okay, when the accident happened, I was standing at the intersection not far away to direct the traffic, and the truck rushed over at a very fast speed.

The driver stood in the driver's seat and yelled that the truck was out of control. Because the speed of the other party was too fast, before I could react, the truck hit Mr. Saluchon and the coffee shop.

At about the same time, a fire suddenly ignited at the bottom of the truck. The citizens fled in panic and blocked the road.

According to the investigation on the scene, the cause of the accident was the breakage of the brake line, which may be caused by improper maintenance. This is also proved by comparison with the brake lines of vehicles with the same service life.

In the end, the accident caused a total of two deaths. One was a citizen of your country and the other was the driver of the truck. After investigation, the two did not know each other or had a conflict of interest.

Therefore, we decided that this was an ordinary car accident, and forwarded the corresponding documents and photos to your country's consulate. I don't know if you have any questions, and the Jinling Police Department will fully cooperate. "

The translator immediately spoke to Formosa in a low voice, and Formosa nodded after hearing it. In fact, she didn't believe the Chinese people's explanation at all. During the detection process, she could only trust herself and science.

He circled the scene twice, focusing on the black frame. If this was a murder case, the evidence was likely to be the murder weapon, that is, the truck, so he waved his hand.

"Jack, open the box, take out the magnifying glass in the second row inside, and prepare the test tubes and tweezers. I will tell you when you need it. Watch your feet and don't step on anything."

"Yes, Mr. Formosa."

Jack was a little nervous when he heard the words, and handed over the magnifying glass in a hurry, and then carefully observed the employer's actions. When he returned to London, he might be able to sell the story to a newspaper.

He is willing to come to distant China, not only for a weekly salary of ten pounds, to learn detective skills and enter Scotland Yard, which is the best way for a child in Lower London to leapfrog class.

Formosa didn't know what the assistant was thinking, and walked into the scene with a pipe in his mouth and a magnifying glass, and an unpleasant smell came over his face, which reminded Mr. Detective of the scene when he just got off the train.

He frowned and covered his nose, and walked slowly from the rear of the truck to the cab, occasionally stopping to record the distribution of brick and tile fragments on the ground with paper and pen, and his movements were very careful.

There is a reason for this, the speed of the truck and the angle of impact can be judged from these circumstances. He is the most famous detective in Britain for nothing, it is just basic skills.

After watching it for more than half an hour, Formosa was a little confused. Judging from the collision marks, the truck did not slow down and hit here directly, so there is a problem with the car or the driver.

He looked up at the severely deformed cockpit, as if he saw the driver crashing the truck into a solid wall without any hesitation, and then turned into ashes in the blazing flames.

If all this is voluntary, it would be terrible. This is the legendary dead man who sacrificed his own life in order to accomplish his goal. Is it necessary for the Chinese to pay such a price.

Salut Hoon was really murdered?
He shook his head with a wry smile, feeling a little shaken in his heart. The Chinese traffic policeman said before that the two people who died did not know each other. Why did the driver die with a stranger.

Formosa stabilized his mind, stood outside the driving window and looked in, but did not see any tools such as handcuffs and shackles. This shows that the driver was free at that time and was not restricted or coerced.

Of course, it is possible that these things were taken away by the murderer after the incident, but as long as they existed, there must be traces. He took out a handkerchief and put it on the car door, and forcefully opened the car door and got in.

The first thing he checked was the steering wheel, which is very suitable for handcuffs. If the driver is involuntary, he will definitely try to escape. The power to survive is huge, and the steering wheel will inevitably be damaged.

However, after some inspection, although the wooden wrapping material on the steering wheel has been completely burned, it is still very flexible when turning left and right. It seems that it has not been pulled or kicked vigorously.

He made a judgment, and then resolutely used a magnifying glass to look at the position of the accelerator and brake. These steel parts were completely intact after being burned, and there were no suspicious scratches or wear marks on them.

There is no so-called tool to restrict freedom. The driver was in a normal state when the car accident happened. The other party was either a dead man, or the murderer was very clever and predicted his own detection route in advance.

Is there really such an opponent?
Who is he?
Formosa stepped down from the cockpit with a dark face, leaned over and looked at the bottom of the car, a black steel wire was clearly visible, one end was connected to the rear axle of the truck, and the other end was bent and suspended in mid-air.

This is the brake cable. He pulled the broken end to his eyes and observed it carefully under a magnifying glass. He could see that the stubble of the wire rope was short or long, and it was not caused by one time.

The steel wires would break one by one only because of excessive wear rather than cutting with a sharp tool. The traffic police did not lie, the brake wires of the truck were indeed broken due to fatigue.

He got up helplessly, no wonder the Chinese were confident, they did not destroy the scene, and sent people to cooperate. All the evidence at the scene showed that this was just a simple accident.

Then the only hope of solving the case is the fire that the traffic police said. Once it is proved that the fire was man-made, it will be able to prove that the car accident that Sa Luxun encountered was actually a well-planned assassination.

This is a gasoline car, and ordinary collisions will rarely cause spontaneous combustion, unless the fuel leaks and encounters an open flame. Where did the open flame come from? If this is found out, the case will open a breakthrough.

With a confident smile on his face, Formosa lay down on the ground again to observe the burning traces at the bottom of the car, and soon found that the fuel tank of the truck was the darkest, and this is where the fire started.

In order to get a better viewing angle, he turned over and lay on the ground, stretched out his hand and groped carefully on the fuel tank, and soon found seven or eight breaches, large and small, and the fuel had indeed leaked.

"Jack. Get the flashlight."

"As you order, Mr. Formosa."

Since the fuel tank is at the bottom of the car, there must be enough light to see the breach clearly. This time, the importance of the assistant is reflected. Hearing the call, Jack walked carefully to the side of the truck and said.

"Sir. The flashlight is here."

"Okay, Jack, stay away from my scene and watch your feet. If you dare to destroy the evidence, you can only spend Christmas in a Chinese cell. Do you hear me, young man?"

Formosa reached out to take the flashlight and immediately opened his mouth to drive people away. Then he turned on the flashlight and shone at the breach of the fuel tank, trying to find abnormalities at the breach, such as fresh metal cutting marks.

This can explain that the rupture of the fuel tank occurred after the fire, rather than the impact. Unfortunately, things were different from what he thought. There was also a thick layer of ash on the cross-section of the fracture.

There is also the wreckage of a small oven not far from the fuel tank, which explains the source of the open flame. This is a French coffee shop, where desserts are essential, and the appearance of an oven is a very normal thing.

"Damn Frenchie."

Formosa cursed in a low voice indignantly, no matter whether it was the Chinese who lit the fire or not, he couldn't dispute the physical evidence at the scene, why wasn't the person hit by the French.

He turned off the flashlight and went outside, pointing to the traffic policeman to the interpreter: "Tell him. I want to see other witnesses of the day, preferably a waiter in a coffee shop or a foreign guest."

The interpreter naturally understood what he meant. He didn't believe the testimony provided by the Chinese, so he shrugged his shoulders, walked up to the traffic policeman, and made a new request for Formosa in proficient Chinese.

After hearing this, the traffic policeman expressed regret, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Detective, it was very chaotic when the accident happened, we couldn't register the guests, and besides, I don't understand foreign languages.

As for the waiters, they left the store after the accident, and they can't be found for the time being. If necessary, I can help you contact the newspaper to publish the missing person notice, which should be of some help. "

Coincidence?

Formosa fell silent.

(End of this chapter)