Last Thursday, 23-year-old Rogel Aguilera Mederos, a green-card-holding Cuban national and resident of Texas according to The Denver Channel, was driving on Interstate 70 through Colorado in a truck owned by Texas-based trucking company Castellano 03 Trucking.
KABC reports Mederos told authorities that his brakes failed at 85 miles per hour, and that as he approached backed-up traffic in the Denver suburb of Lakewood he "closed his eyes" because he was "sure he was about to die." His truck slammed into the traffic jam, causing damage at least 28 vehicles and an immense fire. Four people were ultimately killed in the crash, and all four deaths have resulted in tentative charges of vehicular homicide for Mederos, plus a bond of $400,000.
Since November 1, 2017, Castellano 03 Trucking has also been cited 10 times for poorly maintained brakes across four of its five trucks,
https://www.thedrive.com/news/27724/truck-driver-who-killed-four-in-fiery-highway-crash-closed-his-eyes-seconds-before-impact
KABC reports Mederos told authorities that his brakes failed at 85 miles per hour, and that as he approached backed-up traffic in the Denver suburb of Lakewood he "closed his eyes" because he was "sure he was about to die." His truck slammed into the traffic jam, causing damage at least 28 vehicles and an immense fire. Four people were ultimately killed in the crash, and all four deaths have resulted in tentative charges of vehicular homicide for Mederos, plus a bond of $400,000.
Since November 1, 2017, Castellano 03 Trucking has also been cited 10 times for poorly maintained brakes across four of its five trucks,
https://www.thedrive.com/news/27724/truck-driver-who-killed-four-in-fiery-highway-crash-closed-his-eyes-seconds-before-impact
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