Truck driver blamed for 2022 Colorado vehicle crash that kills 5

DENVER (AP) — A Denver truck driver has been convicted of five counts of vehicular manslaughter for crashing a semi tractor-trailer into a sport utility vehicle. Wyoming The family in June 2022, all five of them murdered.

A Weld County jury also convicted Jesus Puebla on five other counts Wednesday for the crash on Interstate 25 north of Denver, including reckless driving and not having a valid commercial driver’s license. KUSA-TV reported,

Investigators say Puebla’s truck was going 76 mph (122 kph) when it collided with an SUV, which was going about 6 mph (10 kph) due to backed up traffic. Was moving at a speed of. The truck also hit other vehicles, injuring another person. Puebla was not injured, according to court records.

Puebla’s lawyer argued that the company that owned the truck was at fault. puebla testified The brakes were not working and he tried to lower gears to slow the truck down. colorado The State Patrol found that the brakes were not working.

Prosecutors argued that Puebla had been driving recklessly for miles before the crash and failed to notice that traffic had slowed. Prosecutors said he should not have been driving with an expired license and that a pre-trip inspection should have shown that the truck was not safe to drive.

Aaron Godines and Hailey Everts, of Gillette, Wyoming, and their 3-month-old daughter, Tesley Godines, died in the crash. Aaron Godines’ parents, Emiliano and Christina Godines, were also killed.

Puebla’s sentencing is scheduled for June 21.

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