LOS ANGELES – A forensic pathologist testified Tuesday that Mark and Jacob Iskander were struck with such force in a Triunfo Canyon Road crosswalk that immediate medical care would not have saved either child.
Dr. Matthew Miller, a former member of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office, said the brothers – Mark, 11, and Jacob, 8 – died from blunt-force trauma after they were hit on Sept. 29, 2020.
Mark’s head injuries, including skull fractures, were fatal regardless of how quickly doctors reached him, Miller testified. He said the injuries to both boys were consistent with a high-speed strike and with the grille design of Rebecca Grossman’s Mercedes-Benz…