Who drove pickup truck?

Cops switched suspects in case

In the case of a Boca Raton bicyclist’s death three years ago, police and prosecutors changed their minds about who was driving the pickup truck that hit him.

Now it’s up to a Palm Beach County jury to decide if the right person stands accused of slamming into George Morreale’s blue Schwinn on Yamato Road near Interstate 95 on April 6, 2014.

The DUI manslaughter trial of Paul Maida Jr. begins today, about 16 months after prosecutors dropped charges against his ex-girlfriend, Bianca Fichtel, and arrested him instead.

It was Fichtel who, one hour after the crash, told police she was driving her green Ford F-150 and Maida was her passenger, records show.

But after being accused for more than a year, Fichtel, 27, was cleared and Maida, 32, was charged with being the driver who struck Morreale on April 6, 2014.

What changed? Fichtel gave a sworn statement blaming Maida, and investigators got their hands on post-crash emails purportedly between Fichtel and Maida in which he wrote to her about wanting to make a confession.

Defense attorney Robert Resnick said he’s fighting to keep the potentially incriminating emails out of the trial.

“I can’t believe the mess I’ve made … I promise I am going to do everything I can so they don’t charge you and only