the victim's name is corey hubbard. today the driver behind the wheel apologized for causing hi death. prince george's county bureau chief wilshire heir was in the courtroom today. she joins us live from route 1. >> reporter: chris, this was a very emotional day in court following what was an extraordinarily violent accident. when that young man was crossing route 1 here one car waved him on to go and shortly after adeptp struck and killed him. so violent the young man's body was thrown into the air and he struck this pole before dying. since then look at the changes they've made to route 1. a fence down the middle to try to keep pedestrians from crossing. today in court the focus was don't drink and drive. surveillance video shows liam adepto having drinks then stumbling out of looney's pub in college park last january. just moments later he would drive his car down route 1, striking and killing 2 -year-old university of maryland student corey hubbard. it was a hit-and-run. >> we hope that during his time while he's in