Truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a 2019 crash that left four people dead. A Colorado law requires terms for certain crimes to be served back to back. Aguilera-Mederos says his brakes failed, but prosecutors say he should have diverted to runaway truck ramps. An online petition signed by millions is putting pressure on Gov. Polis to reduce the sentence. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC
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Growing Outrage Over Truck Driver’s 110-Year Sentence InDeadly Collision
Oh come on they were saying the pilot that got Kobe killed was an accident and they were saying rip to the pilot,,,
whatever if the pilot lived would he get 110 years ? Because he got more people killed then this dude
white system = they see people of color as a major threat. Let’s give him life in prison. He’s a danger to our community.
Lol
He is white.
An old friend of mine who was a CO for a jail on the Pine Ridge reservation got 15 years in federal prison. He came home from a party, very drunk and slammed into a car, filled with 2 adults, the female was pregnant and in the back seats were their 2 other kids. The whole family was killed on instantly.
If I were a truck driver I’d leave that state to starve!!! It’s just to dangerous… truckers risk there life every day for a mandatory minimum
Look !!! I’m a truck driver we follow a set safety protocol before we start driving HE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT DO THAT HE KILLED PEOPLE HE DESERVES THE PUNISHMENT
1) he didnt have nuff training.
2) instead of putting him 120 years in prison , fine the company, use the money to train new truck drivers on protocols.
3) this is literally a guy who is not an intentional criminal and they are putting him inside for life . While criminals are getting very low sentences and sometimes let go on parole. Justice system seems to be heavier on a certain group of people.
4) moral of story – better to be a badass evil criminal than an accidental criminal.
110 years ridiculous… There’s another case where a white female failed to yield for a school bus and kills three siblings and gets 4 years in prison.
White woman Kills one guy she s jailed for life ……Hispanic guy kilss 5 ,,,110 year sentence b tomuch hahaha so
Let him free this guy had no fault in the circumstances like come on
This is insane man poor guy
I’m curious to how many runaway truck ramps he “passed up” after something went wrong with the truck. I hear they are dangerous to take.
He should only be in jail for 10 years and then deported to Afgjanistan.
Can we get a petition going to remove this judge?
The judge thinks the sentence is too long also.
He got sentence that long because he is not white,someone killed people with rifle and walk free
With so many on his side, i have hope he will be let off. Hes been through enough i csnt imagine…
He won’t be let off, but I expect his sentence will be reduced to a reasonable term one way or another.
That brake shoe from ruining a man’s life isn’t just poor taste it’s psycho
“Usa Usa Usa”
If he was black nobody would care how much time he got. This dude killed 4 people throw away the key because if it was my family he killed he would gladly accept the 110 years
life for life i agree to the 110
Free this man. Point blank. This is not “justice”
Truck Accident is not a Crime
Negligent homicide is a crime.
Neither is using the emergency truck ramp which he chose not to do.
This is something to protest over what ashame🙍🏾♂️
Maybe they could sentence him to 5 years of picking up plastic bottles full of urine which you’ll find at most interstate on ramps. 🤔
The Biden Against Truckers Movement strikes again !
The jury is out of their minds. He wasn’t under the influence, I don’t think it’s his responsibility to maintain the truck, and I’ve seen serial killers get 25 years and dui drivers who killed entire families 20! This is outrageous.
Your comments are outrageous. Those people were murdered they burned alive in their cars trapped crying for help . He made his decisions to not follow the laws and killed innocent people and the died in a horrific way. What if that was your family burning alive crying for help trapped in the twisted carnage that a man caused because he was to lazy to study the laws and follow the FMCSA rules ???
The justice system and the district Attorney office it self is so corrupted they usually play in cases like that
The driver said he lost breaks if his brakes failed as he said then someone alse beside him must take the blame if that truck doesn’t belong to him and he just only working on it then this is a matter of safety issue that the truck company he works for should’ve well maintain the truck before he handled the keys
Also he looks like a young driver I bet he didn’t have that much knowledge
We have to not forget he doesn’t have no criminal history so this could possibly be just unfortunate event and isn’t a carried attack
110 years in jail is too much I understand he got to spend some time in jail but come on 110 years is alot of time for an incident the could possibly wasn’t his fault as much
Sad story for him and the victims
If his brakes failed, then of course the sentence is too harsh. If not, it’s fair. If we can send teens to prison for life and call them super predators, we can send grown men.
it gives me hope to see my fellow Americans uniting to combat injustice and save this young man. Is there anyone else rotting away in a Colorado prison because of these barbarian laws? what about the rest of the country?
He murdered those people. He made his choice to not follow the laws. He made his choice to not do what he was supposed to do like gear down , pull over let his brakes cool . This was not injustice. He murdered those people by burning them alive in their cars . Trapped in their cars burning crying for help. The had closed caskets so family could not see them one last time . He and his company destroyed lives. He is guilty
His brakes failed, but he knew they weren’t working prior to the crash. Instead of stopping to fix them, he chose to continue knowingly putting others at risk. 110 years is too much, but accidentally killing people is a fact.
Only 28th come on stop using the race to divide the country how many whites and others go through the judicial process educates yourselves read the sentence and the why’s then compare READ
BTW this action ruined many families screw your political point of view and how you feel personally
Nice way to deflect…..
He deserved what he got
Why doesn’t the news say anything about his restricted license? He wasn’t supposed to be driving outside of Texas. License was for Texas only. Had he followed the law, four people would be alive.
The justice system is archaic when is manslaughter the same as murder murders get out on parole this guy gets life for being stupid . What’s stupid is the whole United States government everything should be rethought revamped and stop the stupid bureaucracy. Come on folks I thought we smart enough to avoid war and unesisary suffering on this planet. (Get smarter!)
Wow 110 years for an accident brakes fail i feel for the families involved in this but the guy look like he didnt mean for any of this to happen
Why didn’t he downshift?
That football player that was drunk driving and killed a woman and her dog only got 40 years in prison while this guy had an accident and gets 110 years, bizarre
EVERY DRIVERS RESPONSIBLE for checking your rig before headin down the road, he shouldn’t have been driving that thing and did it anyways AN PEOPLE ARE DEAD BECAUSE OF HIM…. PEOPLE!!! that THING’S a freight train and dangerous if NOT USED IN A CORRECT/SAFE MANOR, you wouldn’t hop in a car if the seat belt was broken or the AIR BAG light was on…. Plus, he shouldn’t have been outta state do to his license. PEOPLE ARE DEAD BECAUSE OF HIS CARELESSNES.
Maybe whatever county constructed that highway should be sued?(also) because reading into it more the road seems to not be made ideally or with much thought in mind .
I kept waiting to see what his crime was. You’re telling me the brakes went out? How is he being prosecuted for vehicular homicide? It was ultimately an accident, not to mention the fault of the manufacturer or of the company which maintains the equipment.
They had a Millianial participation medal made. “Poor taste”. This is America. A 17 yr old white kid murdered 2 and is celebrated by fascists. Then this. I’m so glad I moved to Canada.
An armed militia could get him out.
They could’ve revoked his CDL and made him take extensive recourses especially on the brake check and purge and the runaway ramp if brake failure….even as a rookie if your footbrakes ever fail always know how to activated your trolley brake in which is your brake that helps you control your jack knife that brake is mostly manual and should always work and you should know this because you tested it in your pre and post trip however DON’T EVER DRIVE ON YOUR TROLLEY BRAKE
Just plain ridiculous! Their is no need for such a harsh penalty. Living with a tragedy like this that will be permanently etched into his memory is a life sentence itself.
Imagine an airplane pilot surviving a crash in Colorado then going to prison….
This just shows you the justice system in this country is a failure
there must be more to this story. was he speeding? drinking and driving? it sounds like an accident to me.
Upity people are out of touch with reality.
its the compeny truck
How about that Maxwell trail??
The Colorado corrupt system, the judge, the lawyer, the person that cause the accident blocking the truck driver, the car in the runaway rump, the company for which he was working for , the mechanic, the broker, the cars that play with truck drivers, the warehouse the want everything on time without considering the truck drivers are to be blamed for this catastrophe.
He was to blame for this crash. He caused this crash those people burned alive in their cars trapped. The courts were 100% on point with this case He murdered those people. Everything from his statements to his paying to have someone pass him to get his CDL for him to him making the choice to not gear down or stop to cool his brakes is his choice. That was the choice to commit murder.
Pedophiles get less
America 🇺🇸 will release him home 🏡
Doesnt matter how much experience he has driving a truck he clearly saw the runaway truck ramp and drove right past it then saw a bunch of vehicles and decided to plow right through them! He got what he deserved! I stand by the 110 year sentence
What about the family’s that lost there lifes.every one is only consintrating on the truck driver he had every way to prevent this and I’m a truck drive all my life.I feel bad for the young kid driving but he should of taking the runaway ramp.sorry.
Reduce the sentence? Take away the sentence.
When Brian killed Gabby people were outraged. This guy kills 4 people and people feel sorry more for him than the families who are effected by the loss of their loved ones.
That’s messed up way of thinking.
Keeping this guy in my prayers 🙏🏽🙏🏽 you can sincerely tell he didn’t not mean do any of this to happen. I pray he is granted a new trial. 110 years is harsh. I can see if he was a killer, but he’s far from that where is that petition at so I can sign it as well
As a life long driver about to retire This driver was at fault 100%. I have been driving the 70 for years and about to retire and anyone making excuses for this driver is just as wrong as he is.
This driver first didn’t pass his test he paid a so called company in Florida money to pass him . If you can’t read the signs in English then how do you expect to operate in the United States? If you moved to China or Germany and wanted to drive a truck for a living then you would need to learn how to read the signs right ? what I’ve been told from other drivers who tested there it cost around 2500.00 and poof you have your CDL. Now this is the start of the problem. The second problem is this driver was hauling lumber and lumber yards always load you heavy always . This driver knew he was heavy and should have not taken the 70 well any trucker with a brain would have taken the other option through Wyoming 80 down the 25 to Denver. 3rd problem this driver did not gear down so in turn he was riding his breaks which would create so much heat even new pads would smoke in minutes. This driver had to know he was not skilled enough to drive a commercial vehicle in the mountains. He should have been geared down and stopping at break check stations to let his breaks cool down since he was so heavy. Those people will never see their loved ones ever again. They died burning alive remember that those people burned alive trapped in their cars wile he got out and walked away. He made his decisions he made the choice not to stop he made the choice to cheat on his CDL test. He made the choice to not get trained properly. He is the reason why so many insurance companies are raising their rates on trucking companies and that cost will trickle down to each of you because everything you buy comes to you on a truck. His actions not only affect the people he murdered but also everyone one else. The FMCSA DOT is strict and now the new laws will be designed to keep guys like this driver from killing anymore innocent people because he didn’t get his CDL the right way. Shame on the mess who sent this driver out on that load. He and the driver should share the 110 years.
Yeah definitely too much jail time maybe two years prison and 2 years probation and loss of license for 5 years that’s what I would recommend as prosecutor
Trucks should refuse to drive in that state. They’ll soon change it.
Kyle Rittenhouse got out free
Justice is served but only for ….. fill in the blank please
Running 80miles per hour ? Give him 80 yrs
Can somebody fill me in here? Am I missing something? A car crash causes 4 deaths it’s an accident. A truck crash causes 4 deaths it’s a 110 YEAR SENTENCE??? There has to be more to this!!!
I have not seen one person agree this sentence was acceptable, not even the judge
Something tells me if this guy wasn’t poor and/or if he was white, we would be seeing drastically different results. And 28 charges? Was he Al Capone or head of Mexican cartel? He’s an over worked, under paid Truck driver with equipment with sub par maintenance give by the company.
During his arraignment, he had no remorse at all plus he did not speak any English. Then when he was handed down his sentence he spoke very clear English and sheted more tears than anyone that cut onions
I mean he should get some punishment but Jesus 100+ years that’s crazy, and even if he knew the brakes gave, it happened so fast 💨.
It is not the 1st time something like that happens, and did someone ever get over 100 years for something like that?
The justice system is a complete failure across the entire county. So is all law enforcement. Time for some serious changes.
The voters that signed the petition are the same voters that agreed to the sentence mandates.
If he was a old man would there be a big funk get back to work
Dude coulda taken 10 out in 5 his lawyer is a moron but so is the trucker for missing countless run away ramps and speeding. That being said 110 years is to much does he deserve time absolutely.
He is cute 😍
I see nothing wrong with this.
This live talking dude should be prosecuted for driving with phone
Everyone should move outta that state no good
But yet he had time and “brains” to blow 3 truck ramps.. he knew what he was doing.. not all but most of these truck drivers do reckless driving.
The reason why this sentence is so crazy is that actual killers and murders don’t get sentences like this. Young gang bangers shoot each other and get out of prison in like 7-15 years after being granted parole. Someone help this truck driver who isn’t a murderer, but someone who made a terrible mistake.
Accidentally kills some people and gets 1000yrs life prison. Kyle Rittenhouse, kills 2 or 3 people. Becomes a national meme and national hero. 🤣🤣🤣🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Murica.
This is just another in a long list of reasons why I won’t accept loads going to Colorado/California these states are blatantly anti-trucker I’d like to see how they do without us altogether. I’m guessing the regulations and laws would start melting real quickly!
Lock him up Killers belong behind bars. No petty for Killers.
Should have used the ramp, period end of story.
Is 110 year excessive… yes. But he should definitely pay for the deaths with quite a few years (not months) in prison.
80 mph is reckless driving. If you loss air in brakes they lock up hes lying and worried about his life and the heck with the 4 dead people hopefully there were no kids rip.
This sentence was no mistake. One or more of the victims are connected to someone with a lot of political power. Follow the surnames……
Should of inspection of breaking system to see if it was true people get 20 30 years for murder not 110 that not right at all especially if was faulty truck
Defending a murderer. This world is so misguided in 2021.
I genuinely feel bad for this man 😢
And what can our outrage do against the monster of a system? Nothing at all. There is no action we can take. We are all imprisoned.
This Man Shouldn’t be Charged at all That’s your Truck you are Responsible for That.Truck. to have it Inspected not This driver Free Him This is a Accident. He Shouldn’t do one day
I changed my mind on driving truck
May i have the link for to sign the petition??
He doesn’t even speak English what’s the deal here
He shouldn’t get any time when they reduce his sentence. It was an accident
So does a dealer that sells drugs that ppl O.D on get 1,110 years?