The semi truck hit about 28 cars and trucks along Interstate 70
(CNN): Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos thought he was going to die and closed his eyes before his semi truck slammed into backed up traffic, sparking a massive fatal fire in Colorado, authorities said.
The semi truck hit about 28 cars and trucks along Interstate 70 on Thursday near Denver, killing at least four people and leaving several others injured, police said.
Aguilera-Mederos, 23, is being held on four counts of vehicular homicide in connection with the crash. He briefly appeared in court Saturday and a judge ordered his bond to be set at $400,000. Formal charges have not yet been filed, pending the results of the investigation.
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Investigators say Aguilera-Mederos told them he was driving at 85 mph when the brakes failed. He tried to pull over to the shoulder to avoid stopped traffic but another semi had stopped there, an arrest affidavit shows.
“Rogel said he thought he was going to die so he closed his eyes before hitting the stopped traffic,” the document states.
A witness told police that prior to the crash, he noticed something was wrong when he saw Aguilera-Mederos “wide eyed” and “with a terrified look on his face,” the affidavit states.
After Saturday’s hearing, Robert Corry, an attorney representing Aguilera-Mederos, said his client was in “deep sorrow” and was cooperating with police.