Jurors found the driver involved in a fatal crash at a Newton pizza shop guilty on all counts Monday afternoon. Bradford Casler, 57, was driving in March 2016 when his vehicle slammed into the Sweet Tomatoes restaurant. Eleanor Miele, 57, of Watertown, and Gregory Morin, 32, of Newton, died, and seven other people were injured.Members of the jury began deliberating late Thursday afternoon, continued their work Friday and reached their verdict Monday. Casler, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, testified in his own defense, claiming to have experienced a symptom or event related to his condition that caused him to lose control of the vehicle."We can't judge he was negligent or reckless in starting to drive, by the end result, because if we did that, then everyone who makes a wrong move or has an accident shouldn't have been driving that day," defense attorney Tom Giblin said during his closing argument."It wasn't multiple sclerosis, it was Brad Casler. He caused this crash," prosecutor Christopher Tarrant said.In the end, jurors sided with the prosecution.

Jurors found the driver involved in a fatal crash at a Newton pizza shop guilty on all counts Monday afternoon.



Bradford Casler, 57, was driving in March 2016 when his vehicle slammed into the Sweet Tomatoes restaurant. Eleanor Miele, 57, of Watertown, and Gregory Morin, 32, of Newton, died, and seven other people were injured.

Members of the jury began deliberating late Thursday afternoon, continued their work Friday and reached their verdict Monday.

Casler, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, testified in his own defense, claiming to have experienced a symptom or event related to his condition that caused him to lose control of the vehicle.

"We can't judge he was negligent or reckless in starting to drive, by the end result, because if we did that, then everyone who makes a wrong move or has an accident shouldn't have been driving that day," defense attorney Tom Giblin said during his closing argument.

Brad Casler

"It wasn't multiple sclerosis, it was Brad Casler. He caused this crash," prosecutor Christopher Tarrant said.

In the end, jurors sided with the prosecution.