Saturday, November 22, 2014

Slow Saturday Special: Chasing a Car Crash

Not for long.

"Man withdraws admission of responsibility for devastating 2013 crash" by Laura Crimaldi, Globe Staff  November 15, 2014

As a video documenting the crash that shattered the life of a Dorchester father was coming to an end Friday, a packed courtroom watched intently as Kevin Cellucci’s wife looked into the camera and named the man blamed for the tragedy.

In the video, Tina Cellucci sat next to her husband, a 34-year-old father of three, who once played tirelessly with his sons and now cannot talk, walk, eat, stand, or communicate on his own. She spoke of the deep pain the family has endured.

I do hope he has insurance.

Watching Cellucci’s story from the defendant’s table in the courtroom Friday was Nikolas Papadopoulos, 19, who was there to accept responsibility for the Sept. 6, 2013, crash on the Arborway in Jamaica Plain that injured Cellucci and five other people, including Papadopoulos and a 14-year-old boy who was paralyzed.

Then the proceeding took a dramatic turn.

Within minutes, Papadopoulos withdrew his plea and asked for a trial....

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Btw, anyone know where Darriean Hess is?