GOLDEN – A trucker accused of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people on a Colorado highway won’t be required to wear a GPS monitor.
KMGH-TV reports a judge denied the prosecution’s request Friday to track 23-year-old Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, who they say tried to flee the scene of the April 25 crash on Interstate 70 west of Denver. Aguilera-Mederos’ attorney says his client is staying in a hotel and isn’t a flight risk.
Aguilera-Mederos of Houston says the brakes on his semitrailer failed before he plowed into vehicles just after the interstate descends from the mountains, setting off a 28-vehicle chain reaction of explosions from ruptured gas tanks.
The truck was going about 85 mph on a stretch where commercial vehicles are limited to 45 mph.
