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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The trial for the woman accused of dragging tow truck driver Allen Rose to his death is underway.

Colorado Springs Police officers said Detra Farries drove off when Rose was attempting to tow her SUV last year.

Rose got tangled in the cables and was dragged nearly two miles.

Friday, prosecutors argued the case is about accountability, while the defense said Rose didn't follow tow procedures.

Opening statements were followed by a witness and several police officers taking the stand for the prosecution, nearly one year after rushing to Allen Rose's aid.

Colorado Springs Police Officer Scott Carnes said when he arrived on scene Rose was on his back, eyes closed, arms up, with clothes that smelled like they were burning.

"I was shocked to see he was alive," Officer Carnes said. "Told him to hang on."

Witness Michelle Klein went to help Rose after she and her mother drove past the black SUV, as Rose was being dragged.

"I couldn't believe what we were seeing," Klein said.

Rose was still alive when Klein reached him she said, "I'm sorry for whoever did this."

Prosecutors argued that Allen Rose's death occurred because of choices, actions and decisions from Detra Farries, even showing surveillance video of Farries' black SUV driving past the Boeing building along Town Center Dr. (Platte frontage Rd.) in a vehicle that wasn't safe or road worthy.

The defense argued that Rose's death was "tragic but not criminal" and said Rose did not follow the proper "tow procedures," and that the SUV wasn't the cause of his death, adding Farries' didn't know the tow cable was on her car or that Rose had gotten tangled.

So, between the noise of her loud vehicle and the plastic bag covering one of her car windows, she would not have heard his screaming.

The trial will continue Monday Feb. 6.