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GOLDEN, Colo. — The hearing for the semitruck driver accused of causing the deadly, fiery crash on Interstate 70 in Lakewood in April was continued Tuesday. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos is facing 41 counts, including four counts of vehicular homicide. Four people were killed in the crash that involved 24 vehicles and four semitrucks on April 25. […]

DENVER — Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, the semitruck driver accused of causing a deadly crash on Interstate 70 in Lakewood in April, says he’ll meet with any of the victims and their loved ones to answer questions. FOX31 sat down with one victim’s widow to learn what questions she wants answered. Aguilera-Mederos is facing 41 counts, including […]

GOLDEN, Colo. — The semitruck driver accused of causing a deadly, fiery crash on Interstate 70 in Lakewood in April will stand trial, a Jefferson County judge ruled Thursday. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos is facing 41 counts, including four counts of vehicular homicide. The judge deliberated for about one hour after a preliminary hearing. Four people were […]

DENVER — The lawyer representing the man accused of causing a crash that killed four people on Interstate 70 in April has been arrested on charges including kidnapping and vehicle theft. According to court records, Rob Corry, 51, was booked into Denver’s Downtown Detention Center on four counts: criminal mischief, aggravated motor vehicle theft, first-degree […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo.–  The trucker suspected of causing a fiery crash that killed four people on Interstate 70 in Lakewood in April appeared in court on Thursday. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos preliminary hearing got underway at 8:30 a.m. in Jefferson County. During the hearing, there was a revelation of the existence of dash camera video from a […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — The trucker suspected of causing a fiery crash that killed four people on Interstate 70 in Lakewood last month will not have to wear an ankle monitor. A judge ruled Friday that Rogel Aguilera-Mederos is not considered a flight risk, so he will not have to wear a tracking device. Aguilera-Mederos […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — If a highway fireball that kills four people, injures six and leaves 28 vehicles incinerated sounds like a multi-million dollar settlement,  guess again. The Lakewood Police Department says truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, who  faces four counts of vehicular homicide, is to blame for the deadly crash. However, suing his employer may barely […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Even if the law eventually holds semi-truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos criminally responsible for the Interstate 70 truck crash that killed four people in Lakewood in April, suing his employer may barely be worth it. As FOX31 has previously reported, federal law only requires Castellano 03 Trucking to carry $750,000 in liability insurance, […]

Four lives were ended last week when an out of control semi-truck barreled into traffic on Interstate 70. However, another life was also forever impacted. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, 23, now sits in a jail cell, facing four counts of vehicular homicide. Aliet Diaz is one of Rogel’s best friends and her husband just returned home to […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, the driver accused of causing the fatal crash and fire on Interstate 70 in Lakewood last week, spoke out for the first time through Facebook. His wife, Nailan Gonzales, posted on Facebook Monday night. According to that post, Gonzales hasn’t gotten to visit her husband but did get to talk […]

DENVER — When Rogel Aguilera-Mederos posted a $400,000 bail Saturday night, many on social media assumed the 23-year-old might skip town to avoid trial for the Interstate 70 crash in which four people died last month. The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office was apparently concerned enough that it filed a motion Monday afternoon asking the  […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The trucking company that employed I-70 crash suspect Rogel Aguilera-Mederos has been cited 30 times for various safety violations in less than two years. Castellano 03 Trucking, based in  Houston, Texas, had ten violations related just to braking issues. Two of those brake relations violations were so serious the trucks were given […]