clipped the median on the the ashorway and slammed into a pickup truck driven by 34-year- old kevin salucci still in rehabilitation with a traumatic brain injury. >> this individual chose to drive as high speeds. you are going to learn the speed limit was 30 miles per hour. >> reporter: prosecutors say papadapolis was 20 miles over the speed limit and lost control the passenger and coworker of salucci remembers the impact. >> i can understand that kevin. [audio not understandable] and at that on the i looked >> reporter: pictures of the roadway as three school friends who are passengers of papadolopis was injured one paralyzed from the waist down whose eye dentied was protect and recalls he later spoke to him. >> he told me he was sorry i remember and we just had normal conversation. >> reporter: the defense disputing there was a posted speed limit and says there's evidence another vehicle causedhim to swerve calling the prosecutor's claims wild and exaggerated. >> this was an investigation where they drew the conclusions first and then filled in the gaps later. it's a biased investigation.