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DENVER — Rogel Aguilera Mederos is still waiting to be charged after investigators say he caused a fiery wreck that left four dead and many more injured on I-70 on Thursday. He’s being held under $400,000 bond. “We believe there was some sort of malfunction,” said his attorney Robert Corry during a news conference outside […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — The trucker who is accused of causing a fiery crash that killed four people on Interstate 70 in Lakewood last month left jail after posting bail Saturday. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 23, is charged with four counts of vehicular homicide, six counts of first-degree assault and 24 counts of attempted first-degree assault. […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — The semitrailer driver suspected of causing the deadly crash and fire on Interstate 70 in Lakewood Thursday appeared before a judge Saturday afternoon. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 23, faces four counts of vehicular homicide, one for each person who was killed Thursday. He also faces two counts of vehicular assault. A judge […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — The trucker who posted bail Saturday night for charges related to a deadly crash on Interstate 70 is not currently being monitored with a GPS bracelet. The FOX31 Problem Solvers have learned bond conditions for Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos did not include an ankle monitor or any way to track his movements […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — The driver of a semi-truck that caused a 28-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 last week was formally charged with four counts of vehicular homicide on Friday. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 23, from Houston is accused of driving the truck that killed four people in the crash that involved 24 cars and four […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The four people who were killed in Thursday’s fiery crash on Interstate 70 were identified by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Sunday night. The victims were identified as four adult men from Colorado: Doyle Harrison, 61, of Hudson William Bailey, 67, of Arvada Miguel Angel Lamas Arellano, 24, of Denver Stanley […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The driver of a semi-truck that caused a 28-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 on Thursday evening has been arrested on suspicion of multiple vehicular homicide charges, the Lakewood Police Department said Friday morning. The driver was identified as 23-year-old Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, from Houston. He was born in Cuba and was living […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Both directions of Interstate 70 have fully reopened following a fatal crash and fire near the Denver West exit in Lakewood. The westbound lanes reopened about 2 p.m. Friday The eastbound lanes opened about 8:15 p.m. Four people were killed in the crash, in which 28 vehicles were involved. At least six […]

DENVER — The company that owns a semitrailer involved in a fiery pileup that killed four people in Lakewood had two trucks taken out of service for brake-related issues in the past year, including one about two months before the Interstate 70 crash. Federal records say a March 6 inspection in Texas found that one […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Video appears to show a semitrailer driving out of control on Interstate 70 in the mountains ahead of a deadly 28-vehicle crash on Thursday evening. The video shows the truck swerving across multiple lanes of traffic along the interstate and driving past a runaway truck ramp. The Lakewood Police Department confirmed at […]