The driver of a semi who crashed into stopped traffic on a Colorado interstate two years ago, killing four people and injuring others, has been sentenced to 110 years in prison.
on a Colorado interstate two years ago, killing four people and injuring others, was sentenced to 110 years in prison Monday.
Judge A. Bruce Jones said his hands were tied by a law passed by state lawmakers that required him to sentence truck driver Aguilera-Mederos to consecutive sentences, meaning they are served back-to-back. Four Coloradans — Doyle Harrison, 61; William Bailey, 67; Stanley Politano, 69; and Miguel Lamas Arrellano, 24 — died in the crash.
“It’s hard to live with this trauma. I can’t sleep, I’m thinking all the time about the victims,” he said. “... This was a terrible accident, I know. I take the responsibility. But it wasn’t intentional.”
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