Drunk drivers dont even get 110 years this the most crazy sentence i have ever seen

If he was a rich white kid in Texas he’d get probation

There's been no mention on the accountability of the company that hired him.

Obviously remorseful, the survivor’s guilt alone would probably be punishment enough but 110 years is ridiculous. Colorado clearly needs sentencing reform.

This 23 year old legal immigrant who was working an honest job had an ACCIDENT. Giving him 110 years sentence is beyond unfair.

As a truck driver i fell srry for this guy not everyone be able to think clearly when you can’t stop 80000 thousand pounds my prayers for him,families and victims

A woman was convicted in 2020 for driving drunk and killing 5 kids. Sentenced to 18 years in prison

But yet you got nikolas cruz that killed 17 students and still haven’t got sentences yet okkkk! Thats nice

Whoever is considering being a CDL truck driver. May this serve as a bargaining chip on your decision. I would not want to be no damn truck driver seeing this mess.

Pedophiles, gangsters, drug traffickers, rapists, assailants, criminals do not receive such an absurd sentence of 110 years but this poor man who was unfortunately involved in a truck that lost its brakes, much pain that people were killed but by God such a high sentence when other criminals who have destroyed entire families are still free and roaming the world, what an absurd world in which we all live!...😢😢

I’m in shock on time he got ! I think little much .. it was an accident , tragedy ! Horrible accident ! I do not think time fits this horrible accident ! Just my opinion don’t think he deserves this and yes I have lost lives do to accident … my heart goes to the families of all who died ! Realize they are no longer here ! Prayers for comfort and peace ! My prayers go for this defendant as well and his family and friends ! God Bless them all! Again don’t think he deserves sentencing to prison for what many don’t get for straight up murder ! Ridiculous ! 🙏🙏🙏

I just hope that the guy that killed many in the red suv at the Christmas parade get plenty of years. This was an accident .

Still believe mountain driving should be an endorsement on ur CDL License cuz not just anyone can do it

It's called an ACCIDENT for a reason. What are these people thinking? 110 years? Wtf

The first thing that All truck drivers learn is to never ever put your Truck into Neutral on a mountain …. This is the same as stopping on railroad tracks or shifting while crossing railroad tracks …. I do blame the owners of the company more than him , because they knew he didn’t have enough experience and because they were able to convince him of lying on the Pree-Trip Inspection form … FMCSA requires that you inspect and approve the truck and you are not required to drive the truck until the repairs are done … Only a guy with no experience would drive with Bad brakes

believes that because he is Hispanic there was racism in that accusation in that judgment.Any driver can pass me. He is young, he had no experience, he got scared, his nerves beat him

It's not so much that he couldn't read English. It's has alot to do with training. It seems that he shifted out of gear as soon as he went downhill. Once you shift out of gear going downhill, you can't shift back in. So now that his Jake brake won't work, he used his actual brakes and depending on the weight of his load, it was too much. He could've been afraid to of taken the runaway ramp, or maybe he thought he still had a chance to put into gear, who knows.. I can tell you that being a driver myself, I would take my own life before I take someone else's.

Man seen his trail he said I ask GOD everyday why THEM and not ME 😥

the sentence is absurd... he didnt intentionally set out to kill those people his brakes failed... I blame his job for not providing a good enough truck or maintenance care of the truck and the lack of on the job training. Also, his inexperience in driving on the mountains added to his bad judgement... I think he had a human response he panicked and the flight fight or freeze response set in I think he froze... he didnt know what to do ... I have been on 1-70 I live in CO and some of the runaway ramps are clear as day and there are big yellow signs with flashes warning truckers and alerting of the ramps coming up... I know one of the ramps is hidden it indicates where to go but it veers off and it looks like its heading towards an unmarked area maybe he was scared because he couldn't see a clear stop and thought.. what if this takes me further down hill or what if I have to make a sudden stop and I end up going off cliff or something... he had bad judgement but he was only 23 at 23 I WOULDNT HAVE KNOWN WHAT TO DO IN THAT SITUATION SCARY SHIT!!!! WELL.. I PROB WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE RAMPS BUT I USUALLY ENTER FIGHT MODE WHEN IM IN AN ADRENALINE SITUATION.. HE IS HUMAN... WE ARE ALL HUMAN... HE HAD A HUMAN RESPONSE... I THINK A BETTER SENTENCE WOULD BE TO HAVE HIS LICENSE REVOKED TAKE CLASSES NEVER BE ABLE TO DRIVE A TRUCK AGAIN.. AT THIS POINT HE HAD DONE JAIL TIME... 3 YEARS WORTH I THINK... BUT I WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED THE VICTIM STATEMENTS ... THE JUDGE'S HANDS WERE TIED BECAUSE OF THE CRAP LEGAL STATURES... RAPISTS/MURDERERS GET LESS TIEM THAN HE DID...I hope he will find his freedom when he appeals bc he is 26 now imagine spending your whole life in prison like Chris watts for your brakes failing... I blame his job training, his job, and his bad judgement, but did he SET OUT TO KILL THOSE PEOPLE WAS IT PREMEDITATED?? NOT AT ALL... THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ANYONE:(... CO HAS A LOT OF COVERT RACISM... BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE JUDGE HAD TO GO OFF THE LEGAL STATURES WHICH IS OBSURD NOW TRUCKERS ARE GOING TO PROTEST AND NOT COME HERE WHICH WILL WORSEN THE SHORTAGES WE ARE ALREADY HAVING HERE... THIS IS A MESS... SMH...

He should be able to read and communicate English. I speak German and English all road signs and directions are in English

Dude can't even speak English so I'm guessing he can't read English. How was he allowed to get a driver license? Let alone a commercial license.

If this were a Pilot that crashed into your home and killed all your relatives would you feel so much empathy ??

Its the companies fault... he was too young and too inexperienced to have been sent on that type of route that was very ignorant on the company's part

You've got to be kidding?? He wasn't in gear?? Omg!!

Please give this man another chance

I wish there was a reset button so if you do something horrible you can go back and fix it but in this case there is not that button

Be more concerned about the actual school shootings that we have had and put those guys behind bars !!!! This was an accident that happened and he does not deserve 110 years

How could the jury find him guilty ??

ok Imagine you are going on the freeway at a high rate of speed and lose your brakes what would be your first instinct? was it to find a runaway truck ramp? Untrained young unexperienced driver

Poor guy. he’s just trying to make it like us all. An accident happened.

Would rather see the full testimony rather than commentary from the newscasters!

This driver deserves punishment, but i dont think life in jail is justified. People who trained him and employed him deserves punishment. Just from him saying he pulled “emergency brake” and saying “any gear it would shift into” speaks volume on how he had absolutely no understanding on operating and stopping a semi-truck. If you let someone like him drive for your company, thats same as handing someone loaded gun without them know how to handle a gun.

Desde q dijo q el camion estaba en neutral. Con eso ya perdio el control del camion. Ud cuando ya esta entrando en la bajada tiene q estar en el cambio q va estar bien para andar y amarando el motor por toda la bajada

This is so unfair.

This is so unfair it was an accident. We understand a vehicle such as a truck is on its own a weapon but this driver obviously did not mean to cause anyone harm - the company should take responsibility in training its employees on how to be safe. This young man deserves a chance or at most no more than a couple of years… but 110? life? No. Not At All.

I don't feel sorry for this guy at all! He should have never jumped behind the wheel of that truck!

He should at least get probabtion and maybe never use a semi again, it has contributed to his trauma

Justice has been served. Case closed. Now throw away the key and LETS EAT!!!

Its sad 4 people died,but the company should training better ther drivers cause a friend told the companies do not teach tecnics to avoid this type of situation cause they need drivers as soon u know the basic they give u a road CAUSE FEW PEOPLE WANNA THAT JOB !! And its not the first time breaks dont work in a load car like this!!

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He should of rubbed up against a guard rail not go to into. the hammer lane when is the time he adjusted hi slack adjusters

The company failed to train him right now he has to take all the blame unfair sue the damn company to

Semi trucks don't have emergency brakes. You either have brakes or you don't and the only way you won't is if you heat them up to the point that they no longer work!

110 years is ridiculous

He screwed himself when he refused to consider anything other then a ticket for this.

Amennn

This is disgusting!!! Colorado COME ON

So sick! No English and from Houston....so disgusting

This is so terrible...for the families and this truck driver. Truckers are pushed to meet deadlines, and sometimes, they make a mistake. this is too harsh of a punishment. Poor man. and I also feel for the families who's loved ones died. 110 years is ridiculous. He should have time served, get proper training, and they should make the truck company make some sort of restitution. child molesters get less time, and everything else handed to them to easily. this is a disgraceful sentence.

I been driving since 1990, NO ACCIDENTS. too many Inexperienced drivers being pushed out with less training. The sign of the times. . Because the newer equipment is so good. (A lot of Automatica). Poor bastard Was a Complete uneducated Rookie driver. Someone should take it up with the schools & make them more accountable also. HE WAS TOTALLY OVER HIS HEAD. Should not have been Driving a Truck Respectfully. Not enough knowledge or the Equipment. Sad for everyone

dis why ion respect the justice system. to giv that man 110 years for something he ain’t mean to do is jus stupid. but drunk drivers, molesters n murderers get less time in jail. I hope his case gets appealed bc dats a messed up sentence n I do feel bad for the victims killed in the crash but I also feel bad for the young man cuz it ain’t his fault he lost his brakes

he dont know how to down shift before the hill or use trailer breaks

Damn 110 years is what he got.

Not even serial killers and sex offenders had received this sentence.. justice is something I don’t understand

Complete accident? He had ample opportunity to stop the truck. Whoever licensed this driver is just as culpable. How can you license someone that can’t read emergency/caution signs in the first place and then expect them to take the appropriate action to avoid a collision. Setup for failure.

This is the problem with our country. We are giving people licenses that cannot read or write English. As a truck driver YOU are in command of your ship. You need to know how to use alternatives and not hold your brakes going down a hill or mountain. Personally, i use my engine brake more than my regular brakes. There is also a BIG BIG BIG rule of thumb. NEVER EVER GO DOWN THE MOUNTAIN FASTER THAN THE SPEED AS YOU WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN. IF YOU GO UP THE MOUNTAIN AT 25MPH YOU NEED TO CONTINUE THE SAME EXACT SPEED GOING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN UNLESS POSTED DIFFERENTLY. The company cannot force you to do anything! the company can be blamed yes, however. If you feel uncomfortable on the route you are going. YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO SAY NO! There are many laws that protect truck drivers from companies firing you. YOUR MAIN JOB IS TO BE SAFE! There is no excuse this guy can provide that makes the situation better. You chose the route, you chose to hold your brakes. Your brakes did not have any "Malfunction", You burned them up. Ive seen many drivers burn their brakes going down the smallest hill. He cannot read a sign and no we do not need bilingual road signs. STOP LETTING PEOPLE GET A LICENSE IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH! Our government needs to be held accountable for this too. Absolutely ridiculous. He had many opportunities to try to stop. Many guardrails, many runaway ramps. NO EXCUSE FOR ALL PARTIES! Driver, Company and government.

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I’m sure this school in Florida won’t be held accountable and want change it’s teaching in any way and it just sucks that the rest of the country has to suffer the consequences of Florida lawlessness.

I feel so sorry for the families , but he himself is also feeling dead ……. His life is taken away……. Time is too short and once panicking you PANIC. Waow ……. An honest mistake …… can take your life away .

guv colorado commuted to 10 years. justice and mercy have met.

He didn't want this happen!!! Wtf he doesn't deserve this sentence, he is a victim too.

This is definetly too much the american justice system is broken

HE COULD HAVE STEERED AWAY FROM TRAFFIC HE PASSED SEVERAL EXIT RAMPS AND DIDNT TAKE THEM BEACUSE HE SAID HE DIDNT WANT TO TIP OVER THE TRUCK HE KILLLED 4 INNOCENT PEOPLE HE IS A COWARD AND THERE FOR GUILTY!!!!!!!

No mercy for this young men. It was an a kidney

Throw it out of court! It was an accident.

Now all we need to do is to make sure we have an equal application of justice, where all the white truck drivers also get a life sentence for causing an accidental death, even if it was because of equipment failure and a subsequent judgment error while facing a life and death situation.

Yes he should be locked up if you cant speak English you shouldn’t drive a truck

I wonder how somebody would train for an out of control semi-truck with all that weight. The factors under which this occurred should be taken into consideration. It's not like a drunk driver who knows he could crash if they drink. Heck, I doubt he got into his truck knowing the breaks were going to give out and drove amyway! I agree with other commentators that drunk drivers get less to nothing for running over people knowing damn well not to drink if they plan to drive. God bless us all as we move foward to change laws that clearly do not make any sense. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💖💖💖😊

This wasn't an "accident" this was negligence. This man killed 4 people because he was NEGLIGENT. Accidents are unexpected, this man chose to act negligently and his choices resulted in 4 people's deaths.

110 Years Thanks Judge For Keeping Our Streets Safe 👏👏👏👏🤗👮🏻‍♂️🇺🇲 ,That Was No Accident 🤗.

This is just cruel. It was an accident he doesn't deserve to spend his life in jail. It's not right especially considering all the spoiled rich assholes in this country who have killed people driving drunk and get little time in jail or even just probation.

Wow who in the world was his lawers and who in the world was that judge? If he never drove on I-70 before in a semi and Is inexperienced that explains everything you need to know! This man had no clue. That off ramp is their only if you see it and know how to use it!!! And if your truck is out of control its hard to focus on anything especially signs. Its clear he didnt know what he was doing. Why is his Company sending him on one of the most Dangerous roads in the world? 110 years For Doing what his work ask him to do. Im sure he didnt pick that route. Insane! ZERO UNEXPERIENCED CDL DRIVERS SHOULD BE ON I-70 WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING. and even then should avoid it if all possible. Him and his family and legal team need to sue that conpany this is wild.

Accidents happen. His brakes failed! What could he do?

Guilty. And all truck drivers do not support having him pardon. He choose to drive a truck knowing he was not properly trading under federal law. Guilty!!!

FREE ROGEL! Accidental Murders aren’t Sin

How you say "Pendejo" in spanish ??

Brah I just read the yahoo article. This man passed not one,, BUT 4 runaway ramps!!! This whole thing is a big mess smh

His sentence tho lol

It was an accident guys, He's really really sorry plus he didn't have training so him missing the 4 runaway truck ramps is totally not his fault. Him missing the 4 ramps clearly means he doesn't deserve life in prison. It was an accident and he's really sorry he wasn't trained on what RUNAWAY TRUCK RAMPS ARE. Totally doesn't deserve life in prison. He's actually a victim in all of this.

Pobre joven se ve su delgadez

God have mercy on u through Christ

#BoycottColorado

Why would he get 110 years for something that was clearly vehicular manslaughter? He may have been responsible, but he didn't do it intentionally!! Give him 2-6 years behind bars for each person who was killed, like they would have if he had been driving a car, and take his CDLs.

Now would be a great time for all truck drivers to unite and boycott Colorado this could have been you....

ROOKIE!!!!!

You have no brakes.... what you do...... drive to ramp or drive in to cars?

Besides the news has him talking and trial and they have a translator for his English I know for a fact growing up in the US he could speak English too a company that trained them in Florida is a liar that there's no heels in Florida I don't know how bad steep the hills are in Florida but it doesn't matter it wasn't even not snowing it wasn't winter they were still no snow on the ground it just goes to show you certain people who should be taking responsibility for their actions and I hope he does get punished and I also hope the company that hurt them gets fined over 90,000 Plus to the poor families that are suffering for their lost ones of the four families because of his reckless driving it doesn't matter if you are a non-speaking English person or not you are held responsible and I know for how you could speak English if you're in the US because my sweetheart is from Mexico and she speaks English is fine she was born in the US so there is no excuse for anyone who says oh I can't speak English it doesn't matter who you are or what you are you are held responsible for your actions and driving on the road

El no mato a estas personas, eso fue un accidente porque el tráiler perdió los frenos, 🙏 Por ti Aguilera ¡¡¡INOCENTE!!! Siento mucho lo sucedido, mis condolencias para las Familias de los que fallecieron en este trágico accidente, mi más sentido pésame para sus Familias, 🙏 Por las padres de ellos y por sus Familias, el Dios Todopoderoso los fortalezca, los Consuele y traiga paz a sus corazones y a sus almas, En mis están. Dios Todopoderoso les bendiga, perdonen las ofensas, para que nuestro Padre Celestial les perdone a ustedes, amén

I am so sad for him, I think time served is enough time.

Lots of ted Cruz thoughts and prayers for the victims no accountability people here .

While the company that hired him starts a new trucking company under the name Volz. What’s up with Hispanics starting family so fast, so young? You will be on earth for years, learn English first before getting an English job. Seriously.

This guy just didn't care about safety and others payed the price. I wish him the best as well as the family and friends of the 4 people who died.

This seems very good to me sentence the employee to 110 years and maybe consider to give a slap in the hand to the company for allowing him and giving him the truck. This courtrooms are the reincarnation of justice

Why an interpreter? As a CDL driver he is required to speak and understand english. I would look very closely at the driving school he attended. They are probably $elling certificates.

I have to say I have/had natural sense and ability to operate a truck even when i was a rookie and not get into a mess like this at all. Sometimes it takes witts and some brains to be a heavy equipment operator, and some people should just work at McDonald's or something they cannot cause injury to others

He can rot in prision.

Not fair

What!!!??? This is not negligence of the truck driver. It’s a mechanical malfunction!!! If anything, the manufacturer, the truck co., and/or maintenance company is responsible. The brakes failed! It could have happened to any driver. In TX, a rich teen got NO JAIL time for killing 4 people while having fun on a DWI, he received 6 mo. probation-it’s called the affluenza case. This hard working man gets 110 yrs. for something that wasn’t his fault??? Bloody system!

Oh hell no..... he definitely dont know English....yep ... doing 110 ... and ...its in rules to know, write, speak and communicate in English... his company should be shut down. Rule of law means all, the White boys, Black men and Mexicans are the same and should be held accountable. There definitely shouldn't be bilingual anything because the sign this duffer ignored were in English... if you training them bilingual, out here the signs are in English.... who make these rules and why they not enforced; unserious juvenile drivers like him take lives and that's the whole point with 110 years. Bye Duffer 🤣