A Denver truck driver has been convicted of 5 counts of vehicular murder for crashing a semi tractor-trailer right into a sport utility automobile carrying a Wyoming household in June 2022, killing all 5 of them.
A Weld County jury additionally convicted Jesus Puebla of 5 different counts on Wednesday, together with reckless driving and never having a legitimate industrial driver’s license, for the crash on Interstate 25 north of Denver, KUSA-TV reported.
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Investigators say Puebla’s truck was touring 76 mph when it slammed into an SUV that was touring about 6 mph as a consequence of backed up visitors. The truck additionally struck different autos, injuring one other individual. Puebla was not injured, courtroom information mentioned.
Downtown Denver skyline, photographed from the Jacquard Resort rooftop in Denver, Colorado on Nov. 14, 2018. (Photograph By Raymond Boyd/Getty Photographs)
Puebla’s lawyer argued the corporate that owned the truck was at fault. Puebla testified that the brakes did not work and he tried to downshift to gradual the truck down. The Colorado State Patrol discovered the brakes weren’t working.
Prosecutors argued that Puebla had been driving recklessly for miles earlier than the crash and failed to note that visitors had slowed. He mustn’t have been driving with an expired license and a pre-trip inspection ought to have revealed the truck wasn’t protected to drive, prosecutors mentioned.
The crash killed Aaron Godines and Halie Everts of Gillette, Wyoming, and their 3-month-old daughter, Tessleigh Godines. Aaron Godines’ dad and mom, Emiliano and Christina Godines, had been additionally killed.
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Puebla’s sentencing is ready for June 21.
