Before you’ve rolled out of bed, Jesus Torres has probably driven Loveland Pass – twice. The hazmat tanker truck driver for Dixon Bros., a Wyoming-based trucking company with offices in Denver, wakes up for work at 1 a.m. and is on the road well before dawn.
On a sunny day last week, Torres drove the stretch from Silverthorne to Denver, the last leg of his trek from the metro to Summit County and back, with one reporter in the cab. The idea was to see first-hand the main artery of his travels – Interstate 70 – from the trucker’s perspective.
In recent weeks, that stretch has drawn scrutiny, after a runaway big rig caused a deadly pile-up in April on I-70 in Jefferson County. The trucker, Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, was allegedly going more than 80 mph through the foothills, before his truck barreled into traffic and caused four fatalities.
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