and I'm Allie Corey. Thanks for being with us. Now at six, we are awaiting a jury's decision in a case centered on this Wrong-Way crash from five years ago, a Tampa grandfather was killed, and the man police say is responsible is Steven Palavra FOX 13's. Gloria Gomez was there for his trial and tells us what the jury heard today from the very beginning, Steven Paul Viera has tried to dodge responsibility for the fiery crash that killed a Tampa grandfather five years ago. It was no different at his trial. He was the only person that got out of any vehicles that night, the defense hinted someone else may have been behind the wheel of his Ford F-150 pickup the night of the deadly collision. Ian. And that one man was the defendant. He was the driver. He left the scene. He was under the influence. He was driving in a reckless manner and that resulted in the death of Bamnet Narongchai, the defense called a mechanical engineer who tested the seatbelts in order to determine if both were used that night, but couldn't say for sure the fire he said, was just too intense. But because of the fire, you're not able to render an opinion that there was people in both seats. All right. It's just not enough information. Prosecutors say in October of 2018, Paul Vida was driving drunk and the wrong way on the Selmon Expressway. They say he collided head on with another driver, 68 year old Bamnet Narong. Chae was killed in the fiery explosion. They say Palviya tried to flee the crime scene but didn't get very far. Police say during questioning he was acting erratic even when climbing on a police vehicle. He denied involvement and appeared unfazed when police told him someone had died in the crash. Kouch know I said it to him. I think 2 or 3 times and at that point he was rambling, ranting, raving about all kinds of things. Prosecutors say Paul Vida's blood alcohol level was three times over the legal limit. Now, a jury will decide if a series of bad decisions led to the death of a beloved
