Trucker’s 110-Year Sentence for Deadly Accident Sparks Outrage
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2021
- A motorist was livestreaming as he sat in slow-moving traffic, when suddenly, a big rig truck barrels past him, crashing and triggering a fireball in which four people were killed. Josh McCutcheon went into journalist mode, giving a live account of the tragic accident. That was in 2019, and now the truck driver, Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, has been sentenced to 110 years in prison. A tidal wave of sympathy for the trucker resulted in 4.3 million people signing a petition demanding he get clemency.
I’ve been a trucker for 15 years. We do encounter many mechanical issues. But to receive 110 years for something that wasn’t your fault is an outrage.
Also he was very inexperienced as a driver, which also was not his fault. You can’t magically endow someone with experience and knowledge. I empathize with the guy.
@@mopes2713 if he's inexperienced why was he driving?
@@CrackerKilla to gain experience ?
@@CrackerKilla How does one gain experience if you need to be inexperienced to gain it??🤔
@@CrackerKilla duh
This guy gets 110 years for an accident on the job, but Ethan Couch kills 4 people while drunk and violates his probation twice, gets 0 years because he’s too rich to know what’s right or wrong. Wtf.
I remember this story, he definitely should've gotten time for his stupidity 🙄
Incompetent judges
I would have doubled his sentence just for trying such an asinine defense.
Well said!!
THIS!
And the girl who intentionally killed two people in a crash got like 15 years
She's a girl. There's a difference.
Was she white?
@@grrrrbabyverygrrr8165 I think so
@@grrrrbabyverygrrr8165white af.
110 yrs for this apparent accident out of his control but the same state gives a bogus 20 yr sentence on a child molester and also lets another one free and back on the streets? Wow
Money…
not an accident , negligence .
This guy gets life in prison, While real murders and sex traffickers get a slap in the hand 🤦🏾♂️ The legal system is in desperate need of an upgrade!
took the words right out of my mouth
I don’t understand American law. They give drug dealers life then murderers get 10-20 years and paedophiles generally get 2 to 5 years. I don’t know about you Americans but id prefer a dealer on every damn street corner to killers and paedophiles 💯
@@lanaconin5704 Pedophiles should get the death penalty.
Damn bro Fr
It is. I disliked your comment as it is unfair that we as a species endure it.
The fact that murderers and sexual offenders get a much lighter sentence than him and it wasn't even his fault.....the system is so corrupt🤦🏽♀️
It is his fault he was driving!
It because not even 60 years ago we were getting married at 13-14
Except they don't. They would get the same, not less.
@@moonshinegrrl393 Bro, what? What kind of defend is that? 😐
@@joshwandered2944 i think they were being sarcastic, don't read too deep into it
*HIS SENTENCE WAS REDUCED TO 10 YEARS* - it was deemed unjust as the truck was going _downhill_ when the brakes failed hence the immense speed. He was trying to weave through traffic to stop the crash but sadly lost control. 🙏🏻
He passed a station for run away trucks! He’s a murderer.
@@zerotodona1495 It was downhill and the speed was so fast that there was no way for him to pull off the road - he was trying to dodge cars so he didn’t run them over. He crashed at the bottom of the hill and it was the fireball that killed the other people sadly. He couldn’t have predicted the size of the fireball.
That’s manslaughter at _best_ .. Murder is when you intentionally take someone’s life.
@@zerotodona1495you dumb
@@zerotodona1495And your a dumbass
@@zerotodona1495Murder requires intent to kill.
How can this guy go to prison for an accident on the job, but a cop can kill innocent people and only get fired?
He still killed 4 people
@@terror904in an accident. while many murderers get less time.
It is an accident if he ended up in the runaway lane, the fact he drove right past it means he was neglecting his duty. Brakes fail all the time, it is what you do about it that separates the men from the boys.
if you’re standing in a building and the building falls down and kills 10 people, do we pin the blame on you? Sometimes operable machines have components that become inoperable, thereby leading to incidents that removes the ability of the operator to avoid the incident. In this instance of a fully loaded truck travelling downhill on the highway and gaining speed, with the only means of stopping the vehicle outside of piling into traffic being faulty, what is he supposed to do, teleport?
@@arkirron7172 that's a bad example ....owner or builder/designer of the house would be better....
You know something is wrong when a trucker that accidentally kills 4 people gets 110 years in prison, and an intentional murderer only gets 20 years.
I agree
Why go into college to graduate law if u dont even know balance 😐
Accidental? So many terrible choices that led to the trucker murdering those people he absolutely deserves life behind bars for taking 4 lives.
@John Doe what?!!! it was not one but four emergency off ramps he never used? ya his story doesn't add up. Wouldn't doubt it if he was stoned and the brakes were fine.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep you clearly don’t even know what weed is if you think you get stoned and forget you have brakes lmaoo
Just the fact that an accident gets you more time than child predators is absurd
Thats because child molesters run the USA...
Mark my words dude the US government is the real criminal if you can put someone in prison for years for a plant what makes you think you’re not going to jail for an accident
@@fishybusinessco.8398 Yep, that's why I didn't care about the capital riot.
@@mattriella6776 oop
I mean 4 people died
How the hell can you justify sentencing a person when their vehicle fails them... The only criminal in this sotry is the judge!! Absolutely DISGUSTING judicial system!!!
Its more of the law that was implemented. The thing is that the judge doesnt agree with the 110 years sentence but the law gives 110 as a minimum. The justice system is a joke.
@@hackedagent1008 Yes, but the judge can over rule the law if they feel that the person standing before them is innocent of the crime. Plus how can any law or justice system claim that this man is guilty? It's sooo wrong and so completely broken to allow something like this to happen. This actually brought tears to my eyes when I saw thing innocent man getting punished for something he didn't do,
@@brokenshield9031 no proof he is innocent
@@victorhopper6774 It was a mechanical failure of the vehicle!!! That's the proof that he is innocent... Please don't be that naive...
I am not convinced he is entirely innocent, was he aware of the condition of his truck and if so, what steps did he take to have the truck repaired? Did he check his truck properly before taking it out onto the road? Were there any potential warning signs that his brakes were not working properly before he came to the hill? Why didn't he use the escape lane designed specifically for this purpose?
In my experience, it is extremely rare for a system to just....... fail... there is almost always some kind of warning that something isn't right. The failure occurs only after that warning is ignored/unnoticed for long enough.
For those guys wandering, he was granted clemency and will now serve a 10-year sentence and will be eligible for parole on December 30th 2026
They better let bro out
Nah keep his ass there he missed the ramp
@@yarbycerrato4589 no
@@yarbycerrato4589you can’t always hit the ramp without flipping your truck. He may have also been in shock, preventing him from noticing the ramp in time and instead, focusing on dodging cars.
@@yarbycerrato4589you should’ve been the one
So he gets more time than actual murders? This is disgusting. This is an unfortunate mistake that deserves some punishment but not punishment to the extreme.
Honestly whats the point if punishing someone who had no ill intent? He should have to attent serious training if hes going to drive a truck again but its an accident. Theres no use in punishing someone for something they dont mean to do, it could still happen again no matter how much hes punished because he had no control or choice in the matter really. If hes going to be punished for anything at all it should be speeding but the rest was a freak accident
@@CHLOCHLOLP He was going 2x the speed limit there was gross negligence and he failed to stop the truck when he could. He deserves it.
@@user-rb6oz3dz3x he deserves to never drive a truck again and spend time in prison, but his sentence is way too severe.
I don't think it deserves any punishment at all. Certainly not jail time. If his brakes failed why is it his fault. If he was not speeding or breaking any other driving laws there's no reason he should be put in jail
@@BenWinder108 he's not innocent. I hate to break it to everyone but that is not a brake problem, that is something else! Truckers can use engine breaks. He drove by that guy on a flat road. There is no reason for his truck to be going that fast. Also why did he wait to hit tons of other motorists instead of veering off the road and dodging people. I'm not saying he deserves 110 years but he was at a lot of fault here. He also gets to live after his poor choices where the other 4 people do not!!
Sadly pedos, murders, and dv abusers get lighter sentences than this and some judges STILL have sympathy for them. I don’t like driving near trucks but I respect all truckers who work day & night bringing those precious resources to cities/suburbs for us to live so comfortably and conveniently. Hope he is able to get an approved appeal on this
He didn’t even steer away an inch.
@@jjjjjj192 Why tf would you steer when your going a fast af on a highway with no breakes 🤡
@@JoseDominguez-ft4ey So you can control what you hit lol.
Totally agree, those horrible people deserve these sentences, if only they all got them, this guy is not in that category.
His brakes didn't fail the company put new brakes on. He had opportunities
Some woman killed a baby and got 20 years...why is this one over 100 yrs exactly?
Trucker here. ALWAYS PUT IT IN THE DITCH. Much better to get fired for wrecking your vehicle then to hit someone with a 80,000 pound vehicle.
Here in the UK a woman was just given 25 years for torturing and killing a baby. The mother who allowed it to happen was given 8 years.
There is such in imbalance of justice in the world.
EXACTLY what I'm saying and sometimes those evil criminals don't even get jail time. That mom who killed her baby is still roaming free to this day and having multiple husband's as if nothing happened. There is so much injustice in this world
Men get harsher prison times then women
I’m gonna take a guess and say it’s Islamic migrant privilege
@Simon, Yep I saw that story truly horrific
The American Justice system is so amazing and fair! /S America greatest country on earth. I give it another 100 years before America is dissolved.
This is disgusting ! You have people commit intentional heinous crimes like rape and armed robbery and they don’t get half as much time as this guy! Our entire system needs another 1776 party !
Your perspective hits home
A pedophile would get 2 years and probation
No logical response, rape armed robbery is all bad crimes but let's be real someone being dead is alot more punishable. You claim accident but how do you know?
@@tonyms5984 Yeah, if you murdered them intentionally , not if your brakes stopped operating and people were accidentally killed ! Insane that I have to explain this to you !
@@tonyms5984 You can murder someone and get less time. You can't tell me you haven't heard of murders getting put back on the streets after doing their sentencing, if they got 110 years they'd never be released. But they do get realased after they purposely killed somone. Look at these cops who shoot and kill ppl they don't even get life.
Not even serial killers or child abusers or rapist get that much jail sentence...
Or home invaders.
Edit: His sentence was reduced to 10 years! They took 100 years off his sentence. Thank god for that. Thank god for all the people who saw this injustice and did something.
I just watched a video where a woman who knifed a man 100 times til his end got sentenced with 100 hours of community service because "the weed made her do it."
What this man was sentenced with- despite being the cause of the ending of 4 people- is completely inhumane. It's cruel and unusual punishment.
I hope he got his clemency. I'm gonna have to do some digging...
yea saw that video crazy she got off with just community service
When even your own judge is stating that he wouldn’t have done a harsh sentence of 110 years, you know there’s something drastically wrong with the legal case.
It’s all his fault lol
Yup because most of us Conservatives know that Truckers have a lot on our shoulders when operating a truck and how harsh a company can be on their truckers … The company that hired him should get 110 years for not teaching the guy English and how to read a runaway truck ramp sign … The judge even knew that giving him a long sentence was bad but it was Colorados weird law that forced him to sentence that amount
@Skeeter someone who's brakes failed and was going downhill. He was burning his brakes, white smoke was pouring from his truck. He wasn't stepping on the gas, he was slamming on the brakes
@Skeeter wtf!
@@PremiumSharing I'm guessing this is satire?
The fact that murderers, pedophiles, kidnappers, etc get less time in prison for intentionally hurting someone, but for a mechanical issue it made him get 110years. This justice system is so f-ed up.
Actually its for the accident that killed 4 people, not just mechanical issue. But I agree, the brakes were not his fault. His fault is not using emergency line for trucks. He should be fined and sentenced for that - 10 years still seems like alot. People get less for much more.
America is like that.
Justice is dead. It is up to the people to bring it back.
@@michasosnowski5918 10 years is justified for not inspecting his vehicle properly and missing the runaway lane. Unless he can produce evidence that he did a proper check and it truly was a freak accident. Idk the details of the case, but dont forget his negligence still killed 4 people.
@@michasosnowski5918Victim blamer
110 years for unknowingly driving a faulty truck. Thats scary.
his sentence was reduced to 10 years.
It’s crazy to think that child predators get a lesser sentence, than someone who didn’t even mean for this to happen. The company needs to be at fault not him.
LOLOLOL he didn't mean for it to happen? So he skipped 2 ramps designed for this. Drove recklessly for HOURS including people reporting it. 2 hours before this called his boss about his brakes and if he waited would've never happened. Lied about knowing how to drive in Colorado. AND REJECTED PLEA DEAL BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD'VE GOTTEN OFF WITH A TICKET. Bury him under the prison
1, he didn't have a CDL to drive a semi. 2, he didn't have experience driving in mountains which you most definitely need when driving a semi. 3, he didn't take emergency exit ramps made for these situations (probably because he didn't have a CDL or any kind of training on driving a semi or a semi in mountains) 4, he knew the truck had break problems.
@@SongsAboutHappiness you still didn't address how he could get more than most child predators. Yes, he was reckless and deceitful but it isn't balanced when people who target children aren't nearly punished as severely
@@paulmarden3301 LOLOLOL BECAUSE ITS A DUMB ARGUMENT. It's a predatory argument. This and abuse have 0 to do with each other. Absolutely repulsive of you to stand on people's lives and trauma to deem yourself as morally superior.
@@SongsAboutHappiness you're standing on the lives of child abuse victims "to deem yourself morally superior". So there's that, Mr. Kettle.
I'm a truck driver and my breaks failed going down a hill..and let me tell you it's scary so i feel it for him..this hits home on every level!!
I come from a family of truckers my last name is the company name. I am curious how you handled that situation. That's my worst fear in a car let alone a semi truck failing!
Surely you'd steer your vehicle onto the runaway truck ramp though. They usually slow you down pretty fast, plus no one to injure.
Do you drive 85mph downhill like he did ?
Looks like you made a choice.... what was it?
@@SuperMontsta surely you've never been in that situation he could've been panicking not even noticing there was an exit ramp just in shock or fear not knowing what to do trying to bring the brakes back. Everyone reacts to emergencies differently this isn't his fault
A college jock who raped multiple women only served 6 months while this truck driver who was on an accident due to a failed break gets 110 years. The justice system is not fair especially towards poor people.
This guys gets 110 years for an accident and that girl that killed 2 people drunk driving a year ago and then laughed and was singing about it got 15 yrs IVE SAID THIS TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS A JOKE
He gets more time than people who actually WANT to hurt people?! This is so messed up! This was an unfortunate mistake, and while yes he does deserve time for a series of bad choices, this was too severe.
He turned down a 9 year plea deal
@@HexagonFL no way!
@@HexagonFL legendary throw
also if someone killed 4 people on purpose they would definitely get the same or even worse sentence
This makes me sad. He didn't do this on purpose. He was, I'm sure, horrified that 4 people died
because of this accident. I'm glad the judge is re-looking at the sentence.
0:06 *If the breaks failed, then is company's failure for the main big charges, not his.*
On top of that he clearly was not train properly
semi truck brakes fail a lot more often than regular cara
Also he was an employee, not even an independent contractor. Why is his company not in trouble when they've had multiple violations
Wrong. It is the operator's duty to inspect the vehicle, not the company's.
The brakes fails because it’s he’s fault
I'm sad that lives were lost. However, there's a HUGE difference between accidental vs intentional perpetrator. One has no intention of doing anything wrong, while the other is a threat to society.
At some point people need to ask themselves what the point of prison is.
Prayers brother, I can't imagine how he feels and how the families of those who lost their lives feel.
This guy is no murderer. It was an accident. RIP to all the people that died that day but it wasn’t malicious. It truly was an accident.
He still killed. You kill someone your a murder. Even if one didn’t mean it.
It called an involuntary manslaughter.
He is a murderer. He's a dirty liar
@@planemod8399 tell me why this guy got 110 for an accident but a rich teen who was drunk driving and killed four people didn’t go to jail
@@turtleboi1547 because he had a reason for it. there's no evidence if his brakes stopped working
His punishment was recently reduced to 10 years, on 30 dec 2021.
My husband is a truck driver and anybody who drives a truck knows your brakes can go out at any time. It can happen to anybody. He does need punishment maybe 5 years and 3 year probation. But 110 years, that’s crazy. I hope he gets a lighter sentence
That's why you do a pre trip and don't ride your brakes all the way down hill
He passed 4 runaway ramps
5 year probation hahahahah he literally killed people
I see murderers who kill for fun only get 25 years compared to this guy who is sincerely apologizing for his actions.
Nope he get 110 years
Im a returned truck driver, my heart goes out for the people whom lost their lives to this tragic accident, the driver lost his brakes, the amount of panic he would surely of been under would have been extreme to say least, it was a tragedy, the driver should never of received such an outrageous sentance of 110 years, if it was intentional yes, but it wasn't, if any he shouldn't have been sentence at all.
The judge claims he had no choice, he did he being a judge could and should have overruled the accident based on circumstances. The driver will pay for this mentally for the remainder of his life.
May the victims R.I.P.
HE failed the brakes, NOT the other way around.
Breaks failed, so blame him? Unbelievable.
It’s his fault lol
@@resilientultimate6869 how?
@@marajesty311 it's at 1:08
Those truck ramps work
@@marajesty311 He had chances to pull off.
@@resilientultimate6869 Apparantly the truck company he worked for had many past intends relating to brake issues and done pretty much nothing
You can tell how disgusting and unfair justice is. It's an accident and nobody expects this to happen. To be sentenced for 110 years in prison is totally outrageous.
I agree
It WASN'T an "accident". It was gross negligence. He never should've had a CDL in the first place.
@@ffjsb and if your brakes fail you would not being saying that. When your in a picnic you don’t think right and you have a split second to know that you need to take the truck ramp. His whole life is not worth an accident. Yea people does and that beyond horrible but this sentence is absurd.
@@Christopher-qg4hn If one of the cremated bodies was one of your family members you wouldn't be defending this criminal.
The justice system was disgusting when bill cosby was released from prison but not with this case.
It sounds rough but I watched something about this a few weeks ago. He passed run away truck ramps, kept riding his breaks (which you don't do on a big rig on a grade), stopped a few dozen miles before the incident to call his boss because he was worried about his breaks overheating but continued going. Then I heard, once his breaks gave out he just closed his eyes and hugged the wheel until he crashed. I want to see some corporate responsibility. This guy did not have sufficient training to do the job. He panicked, forgot his training and people died as a result. Who certified him? Who allowed him to get his CDL? Did his boss convince him to keep going when he himself wanted to stop (I hear that's a big issue in trucking)? There needs to be accountability put on the shoulders of the people pulling his strings. They need to evaluate the training program he went through.
This is not reckless driving. Brake failure is the company's fault not his.
It is reckless driving. There were many opportunities to mitigate or even outright prevent the disaster. Given a semi-competent truck driver, those people would still be alive.
This guy isn’t a murderer! There’s a difference between intended and accidental, Condolences 💐 to the families, but many innocent people get unfairly jailed!
Yes but it sounds like he was just speeding
Yes he is when your actions cause the death of another that is murder.
@@catsbyondrepair that’s negligence leading to death
@@Honeybaptiste he wasn't speeding. Search for videos of runaway trucks and you'll see how fast they can go.
No, he is. Apparently he realised there was something wrong with the brakes in advance (as evidenced by a phone call he made) and chose to continue on anyways.
I’m a truck driver and I know he definitely wasn’t looking at signs after he lost control. It’s easy to watch a video and see it but not when you’re in full panic mode
@Cheapzer there’s a difference in seeing a sign at normal speed and coming down a mountain with no control when you can turn the wheel too quickly to follow your sign and still flip over because that’s how trucks work. It’s much harder and scarier than you think. People who say this clearly have never been in a truck when going down a mountain. There is no training to prepare a person for a situation where he or she may die
@@BobsTheBuild3r have you ever drove a semi truck at highspeeds before? If your answer is no then js stop talking because if you went to school you would have learn about humans fight or flight response to things and it’s not js something you can “control”🤦🏽♂️
We're only humans and we make mistakes and because of this knowledge we need to look ourselves in the mirror and judge ourselves before we judge others.
Experience helps prevent panic mode. That's why it is so bad he lied about his experience to get the job.
@@ripstake I do agree with that. But there’s still no experience in that situation until it happens. I’ve been a driver for 16 years and haven’t been in that situation
The fact that the victims didn’t wanted him to get arrested because it was literally an accident
Drunk drivers that kills get less than 20 years. How the hell they came up with these charges is insane. He may have missed the sand pit. Can't imagine the horror of being in that truck.
So hitting and killing someone with a car, and killing them, while speeding and under the influence gets you a lesser sentence then if it was an accident? Makes sense in our justice system today.
@@bkspielman0 also crash against a barrier at least. He goin have cold sandwiches for a while
@@bkspielman0 Damn, the media has really covered this one up, haven't seen those details anywhere but that would explain the lengthy sentence
@@bkspielman0 damn, just goes to show that the media only reports on what they want to and people just jumped to conclusions and took his side smh
@@bkspielman0 Sheeeesh I was really on his side until I saw your comment... I haven't seen that info anywhere else (because I've only seen this story pop up a couple times in my recommended and never did my own research at all). Goes to show you how easily misinformed you can become nowadays :/
he killed 4 people! not 1.
Crazy how drunk drivers that kill people every year don’t even get 1/4 of his sentence
drunks dont drive around in 80000 lb vehicles. you want to ignore safety and not check your truck, ignore truck runaway ramps then face the consequences. this sends a clear message. if you dont have business being on the road find a different job.
@@BIKEMAN21 it's always the replies where you find the dumbest comments
He turned down a plea deal and knew what he was facing if convicted
@@exitscreaming he's not knowledgeable about the American legal system and how not admitting guilt is seen as an act of rebellion and requires the most severe punishment. It's really setup like, "if you want to claim innocence and we find otherwise then we'll throw the book at you just to show everyone that innocence is never a right you can claim without severe punishment."
How very KGB and gulag style.
@@MyWatchIsEnded He had a lawyer to explain everything to him , that excuse doesn't hold water .
Proof that money makes the world spin, if he had more than enough money he wouldnt be in jail.
Crazy how predators and sex offenders don’t even get this much in sentences.
Whoever gave this poor man a truck that has jammed breaks clearly doesn’t care
It most likely is a brake failure from overheating from constant brake wear going downhill in those brutal mountains.
They failed because the truck wasn't equipped with jake brakes, and you have to periodically fully stop to let your brakes cool if you have no jakes
Mmmm I seriously doubt anyone knew that the breaks didn't work before he started driving, breaks failure in trucks after going up hill or down hill is not that rare, that's why truck ramps exist
He knew this before driving the truck.
@@MrPAULONEAL please link the proof to that
Most drunk drivers and actual murderers get lighter sentences than this. WTF is wrong with the American justice system?!
Wrong. If a drunk drive kills 4 people and maimed 5 more they would get the same sentence in Colorado.
Bruh look how he’s driving he had plenty of time not to drive right into traffic
@@albertomoreno3042 hello??? let’s use critical thinking his brakes failed? how was he supposed to stop ? or slow down if his brakes didn’t work?
@@ml5923 runaway truck ramp or use a guard rail to try and slow him down
@@ml5923 drive off the road?
Having been a trucker in the past, I have seen the aftermath of many freak accidents. The biggest mistake he made prior to the crash was he should’ve pulled over when it was humanly possible and safe to do so before he passed the runaway truck ramp.
There's no runaway truck ramp in metro denver. You dont know what you're talking about.
Actually. I dont think ANY big city has runaway ramps in town... 😅
@@lancevance47 hey, I was going by the commentary, the driver’s still at fault!
Wow, an accident gives him life in prison... this is an innocent man that is being sentenced to 110 years for a brake failure.
They Don't even consider the pain he's going through for accidentally killing 4 people. Or the fear he was in when he found out his brakes had given up. What a messed up justice system.
*brakes
@F.B.I Maybe there should be more training for truckers on how to keep cool and what to do in emergencies?
@F.B.I Truck drivers often die when they wreck out in those ramps. He didn’t know the road and was never in that situation before. He made a very bad choice in thinking maybe the descending grade would level out so he could slow down and safely stop. Should he face charges. Yes. Should he do some time? Yes, but 110 years is ridiculous. The guy was trying to earn a very honest living and was caught in a very bad situation that didn’t know how to handle.
@F.B.I Does anyone know if his brakes went out AFTER the ramps?
@F.B.I if the brakes went out after the ramps, he wouldn't have needed to get on the ramps as he was passing them. I'm just wondering if anyone knows when they stopped working, like a minute or two before he crashed or were they out earlier?
Anyone who’s familiar with this case knows the trucking company he works for holds at least 50% of the blame. They pushed a driver with no experience far too hard. Transcripts also show he didn’t want to go over the pass that day.
Anyone who is familiar with this case would recognize that the man who filmed the video is a well known internet real life troll known as "Burger Andy" and is a convicted criminal.
@@boomplosion3807 the man recording had absolutely nothing to do with the fact, this man was sentenced to 110 years in prison for vehicle failure!
It’s his company. He’s an owner operator
@@chelsea3564 he wouldnt be sentenced so hard if there wasnt somethibg like missed inspectuons or maintenence.. which is usually the case in brake failures.
@@boomplosion3807 and so? What’s your point. This is about the truckers sentence and not the guy filming the video🙄
And yet the woman who was drunk driving and killed two people was only granted 14 years in prison. Our justice system is so corrupt!
@Downfall466- Your profile tag/ username is very ironic, but so is mine. True evil must continue. One must fight evil with evil!
To live is to fight evil.
@@Ultimate-Guardian. idk what your quoting but that has nothing to do with what I just said.
@@Downfall466 I can say the same thing to you. Just move on. lol
A childhood friend of mine is in prison for more than 1000 years he didnt kill anyone...
110 years is too harsh, man will live the rest of his life behind bars 😣
He should've got 5-10 years to serve his prison sentence.
Edit: I just realized they could just give him couple years like you said before.
For something that was clearly an accident
Unless he is the queen of UK
@@theslashguy 💀💀
@@freerhombus0505 *shouldve
His face says it all. True remorse. So sad. Prayers to his family and the families of the people that died.
"we just cured anxiety,for a split second". This is sad. All the way around. 😔
If it were you, do you think you'd have let yourself plow into a bunch of cars, or to have tried to turn away and risk your own life?
@@beebuzz959 nobody knows what really happened so we can’t jump to conclusions, maybe he was willing to risk his own life? We don’t know
@@Hydro7348 He blew past multiple runaway truck ramps. He could have rolled his truck in the berm/ditch.
@@rachelgibson1858 his brakes might have failed later
He should not get that sentence that’s insane and wrong
You can get 110 years for a truck’s brakes failing but only 10 years for intentional planned murder. Make it make sense.
Learn how to fo ur job
So youre telling me a murderer can get a case dismissed even though he killed people but for an mechinical issue GETS YOU 110 YEARS? The justice systembis truly broken and really needs to be fixed.
Yes it’s morbid time
gov reduced sentence to 10 yrs with parole egibility in 5
You go down the gears and use your hand brake.
Honestly though, if you accidently kill 4 people you should still face 20 years. I think 5 years per person is fair.
Yes I am a new truck driver and this absolutely terrifies me, especially if this happens to me. But I am still going to stick with doing my job, they should definitely add emergency braking to big trucks.
That wasn’t reckless driving, his brakes stopped working ! Rest In Peace to the 4 people that passed away due to this tragic accident.
You know he ignored several run away ramps right?
@@GuadalupeHernandez-dq9tr I agree with the first part but not the second. His actions caused three maybe 4/5 people there lives
When he passed the runoff ramps and kept going, he then became responsible for anything that happened. He should have gotten 5 years for each death, minimum. It's no different than taking a gun and killing 4 people and then saying I didn't know it was loaded. He had opportunity to safely stop his truck.
He PASSED THE RUN AWAY TRUCK RAMP. What don’t people understand about that? He could have very well stopped the vehicle. He deserves the sentence. He literally is responsible for killing those people.
frank smith you don’t understand when all the brakes on semi failed there’s nothing they can do they will just keep on rolling he was going way to fast to turn unto the ramp
He passed a runaway truck ramp to avoid causing damage to the truck and load to save his job and professional record and he put that over the lives and safety of other people on the road. He didn't know there was a slowdown at the bottom of the hill so he figured he would ride it out because he was close enough to the bottom and then deal with the mechanical issues from there whether it was brake failure or just brake fade but there was an accident at the bottom of the hill and traffic was coming to a stop and he killed four people. He deserves at least 10 years in prison. 110 years was excessive but most definitely deserves 10 years. At least.
Why is this gentleman even in court for something out of his control, such as the breaks?
*It was a terrible accident. I'm sure that will live on his soul forever, for what happened. Why punish him so harshly for an accident? Did they not investigate the truck to collaborate what happened?*
@@eriklindstedt5970 still 110 years is too harsh maybe 15 years max
1. He was speeding, doing harsh 80mph
2. He drove past various runaway ramp
3. No way to prove the Breaks failed, upon inspection they were fine.
@@eriklindstedt5970 did they say whether or not he ignored them before or after the brakes went out? That could make a big difference. I just haven't heard anything on it yet.
@@chips1752 its sad though
Only truckers should argue
Wow, heartbreaking. He doesn’t deserve such harsh sentence though; it was an accident. Save that sentence for intentional murders. Poor man.
Accident sorry no it wasn’t he had a chance to get off on the runaway truck exit and didn’t people died that’s more sad then him getting 100 and something years
He was also negligent by not checking the truck and for speeding
@@dav-883 hey man you know how science work going down the mountain you pick up speed cause it’s a hill don’t worry we all learn something new
I agree, the law is just straight up disappointing.
@@Stopfucknwitmyshit I agree but think about it it’s a traffic violation basically if people died of not so that a little absurd
How did he survive that colision ?
He passed multiple runaway truck ramps. Did he ever explain why?
Love how Travis Scott is still walking around a free man. This world Is corrupt and backwards. Must be nice to do what you want when you have money and ties. Wake up people.
Lmaooo have you woken up yet?
When Travis Scott murders multiple people, more then four and injured many on “accident” and he gets away with it but a truck driver gets a life sentence in an equipment failure 🤡
@@europe_ablaze facts. Defund the feds.
And Alec Baldwin..$$$$
Travis ten lives sgone
I personally believe him. Some people don’t realize that when your life is in danger, and you know that you’re in imminent danger, you truly go into a state of shock. No matter what you tell your body to do with your mind, your body simply does not respond. I’ve felt this probably twice in my 30 years of being alive. He absolutely should’ve hit the runaway ramp, but I’m willing to bet he was so scared that he wasn’t thinking straight at all. This whole situation is tragic all the way around. Prayers to the people who were lost. I’m also sorry for the driver… smh
He obviously didn’t remember his safety training from orientation, he could’ve gone off the runaway ramp or hit the other big rig but he instead chose to hit smaller cars to ensure his own safety.
@@straightdaddy123 I remind you he could have died himself but I can bet he made a lucky escape. Not defending the driver’s actions though, it clearly was his fault and he was being irresponsible.
@Killua Zoldyck The truck cabin sits very high up. The carnage and flames were below the cabin area.
or he fell asleep?
@@lovelaugh7299 lmao
The boss or manager of the company schould get the 10 years, not him.
Just watched a video of a babysitter in a court room who beat a 5 year old for 26 minutes to death. 20 years with chance of parole 😒.
and get 47 yrs for something you didn't do
If someone who commits any crime with intent and no remorse gets less time than 110 years, something is wrong. Why the heck is this guy getting 110 years?
Because it’s part of the state’s old “get tough on crime” legislation. Colorado requires all charges to be served consecutively. He got the minimum for all of his charges, but there were so many that they all added up to 110 years
@@thedesertrat_9514 That was WITH the minimum? Yikes.
@@thedesertrat_9514 And what’s the crime rate in Colorodo? “Get tough on __” has caused more harm than good.
@@VladimirJacinthe Yeah it was like a total of 24 different charges that just added up with minimum sentencing
@@thedesertrat_9514 I'm guessing it's the republicans fault.
“Given to a truck driver who killed 4 people when his brakes failed” that’s a very harsh and unfair statement and the sentencing even worst.
Isn’t that exactly what happened though?
@@theelastmelon His breaks failed... It's not like if it would be another person driving that truck, the breaks wouldn't fail.
@@lucaslindgren3237 yeah, his breaks failed and he killed four people. What would be a better headline? Better then saying he murdered four people with his truck
@@lucaslindgren3237 1, he didn't have a CDL to drive a semi. 2, he didn't have experience driving in mountains which you most definitely need when driving a semi. 3, he didn't take emergency exit ramps made for these situations (probably because he didn't have a CDL or any kind of training on driving a semi or a semi in mountains) 4, he knew the truck had break problems.
@@GR-rx7zq Even taking all that into consideration. 110? Come on, that's way too harsh and everyone knows it.
That line about Kim Kardashian sounded like it came straight out of a South Park episode
I feel for this truck driver because I went through the very same thing, only difference was, six totaled cars, no one was injured, and Budget Truck rental, was 100% at fault. I was a kid, and convinced an arcade owner to sell me all his arcade machine's, instead of dumping all of them into the ocean like he had planned. Each was was broken, but amazingly, I repaired all but one, and at $50 each. I was 14, paid a neighbor who had a truck license to drive a truck three hours each way to pick all the machines up. When we hit the highway, truck was only doing 20mph, so we pulled over and I called Budget Rental. Instead of bringing us another truck, a mechanic came and told us the brakes were new, and needed loosening. We took his word. Told us to bring the truck back for a replacement. As we were nearing a traffic light intersection, Im asking my friend shouldn't we be slowing down?? The look on his face and seeing what he was doing said it all. We had no brakes!! He yelled duck, which I did as glass broke over my head, and when we came to a stop, discoveted I couldnt get up, something was blocking us. Slid out the side door, to an awe of onlookers thinking I and driver were dead. We should be. We hit a lumber truck and the entire back and of the stack, went through the cab. Had we not ducked, wed both have been beheaded. Six mangled cars, not one person injured. I paid an arcade seller to tramsfer my machines to my home for repair after that incident. No clue what happened with the mechanic or court proceedings. I wasnt allowed to go, due to being a miner. Court wasnt about my neighbor being charged, but him suing Budget Rental. Never ever used them again.
I'm not a truck driver but something similar happened to me and the other driver lost their life. I was found not at fault but let me tell you that the burden I carry is a life sentence. I feel for this man, the burden of taking a life sucks and I can't even imagine doing it while being in prison for life.
What happened?
@@adamfriedland5950 re-read it
If he is life sentenced..then how is he using phone and internet 😳??
@@dontknow1981 he said he was found not at fault
@@dontknow1981 He means he has a metaphorical life sentence and feels guilty, not a literal one where he has to go to prison.
His lawyer will have to appeal. This could take 3 to 5 years plus. But this just shows how flawed the justice system is.
27 charges. All carry time.
I heard on the news today that the governor is going to wait for the court of appeals decision to make himself a decision so actually it doesn't matter if it takes five years to reduce his sentence cause my believe and I might be wrong he's going to be there from 10 to 20 years
Ya know everybody says "The justice system is flawed" but they never say what the problem and solution is, please elaborate.
@@randomcommenter5552 You can't do much with greedy people running the system where it benefits them only.
@@alkdjfhgks1919 he killed 4 people it’s fair
I don't know how a canadian can have acces to this petition because i want to sign it. 110 years is very too much for break failure.
why do murders get less jail time but an innocent guy gets 110 years
Unbelievable. Actual murders get less than that! Brakes failed, blame him? What???
@Billy Throbbins The driver is no Loser
He is a murderer though. He killed four people. Someone else said he passed four emergency off ramps. His story doesn't add up, prob was stoned.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep He was clean. No alcohol or any drugs in his system.
@@themistocles2618 that the test picked up. doesn't mean he was drug free. also mental issues that could be a possibility. someone else said he passed four emergency off ramps too. the story doesn't add up.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep he was panicking while fighting a broken brake system...he didn't know was broken.
He is now serving only 10 years and is eligible for parole on December 30th, 2026. Poor guy. The truck company should be held responsible. Forensics could even tell that the truck was in poor condition. The brakes were so old that they failed and something went mechanically wrong. The families of the victims didn't even want him to go to jail because even they knew it wasn't his fault. Also, rest in peace to the people who lost their lives. And condolences to their family and friends.
Still too much. This is injustice. Accidents happen. It’s life.
I'm very relieved to know that in the end, it wasn't a life sentence at least. He'll still have a chance after he's out. However, 10 years is still too much. Accidents like this could happen to anyone. He's not a bad person at all.
Even 10 years is a lot.
@@onedaytimewin wasnt an accident
@@lexluthor6906ah yea he was going that fast knowing he would die and his intentions were to clearly kill others aswell rightV
A driver is not to let the truck get out of control.
The owners of the trucking company should be the ones doing time. How did they know the brakes didn’t fail by the time he passed by the runway ramp. Maybe when he passes it, then it started to fail. He’s just the driver/messenger not the owner of the truck.
People get less time when they intentionally murder someone
they commuted the sentence to 10 yrs .... which is still about 10 too many
@@reprovedcandy So there should be no punishment for killing 4 people
@@trapei1408 So there should be a punishment for your breaks failing? Let me frame it for you, if the breaks on your car went out and you were in a horrible tragedy, how long would you like your prison sentence to be?
he murdered 4 people thru negligence
@@paulwt9783 the company who owned the truck was negligent and gave him a truck with poorly maintained brakes
When pedophiles get only a few years in jail,and a trucker with no brakes who had no intention to cause harm gets 110 years,you know the legal system is problematic
Must enjoy the freedom
Absolutely sickening pedophiles don't get life sentences
He burned out his own brakes from being in the wrong gear going down an incline, missed 2 runaway ramps. Straight negligence. Quit acting like he's innocent and it was out of his control. Let's not forget he couldn't read road signs because they're in English
@@bored2death4404 you ignored his point right eh? There is no world in which the act of accident out of negligence is worse than being a pedophile
or that ethan crumbly kid. that meant to kill those kids and possibly more. makes you wonder why he didn't get 110yrs as a jail sentence..
Would he have been a cop on a car chase, he would have got a promotion.
It's a brilliant advertisement to encourage people into truck driving.
This terrifies me. My husband is a truck driver and sometimes things can't be helped. This is a tragedy but it also seems like an accident.
He could have used the runaway truck ramp, or just crashed off the side of the road. He had a problem with his brakes, not his steering. He chose to crash into cars instead of off the road. He deserves more than life in prison. I doubt your husband would ever make such a selfish and stupidmistake.
@@r2dxhate I agree, he could have used the run away ramp. His error in judgement deserves some sort of prison time.
But i do not agree with your view that he deserves more than life in prison. The man is not a terrorist or mass shooter. He did not hop into that truck with the intention of taking lives. Neither did he ask for the truck brakes to fail.
Everything else was a freak accident. The only action he can be held personally liable for is failing to use the runaway ramp. With all that in consideration, I don't see why he should spend more than 2 or 3 years in prison at most.
I personally would give him 1 year community service and ban him from driving any kind of heavy commercial vehicle ever again.
@@angrysocialjusticewarrior He was on the shoulder of the road and was about to run into the back of a semi that was stop he made the choice to change lanes into the cars that were stop next to the semi knowing his chances were better of living. Think about the 4 people that were trapped a live in the cars and them burning to death. This POS can rot.
@@r2dxhate think about this for a second. Would if his brakes were still working when he was around the truck ramp? Parts failures happen unfortunately
@@rocky081991 what would you have done tough guy?
Can’t keep people in prison that commit crimes but an innocent person gets life for something not his fault. Just wow.
One of the few times I’ve seen parents of victims not want the guy to go to jail for life.
He shouldn’t walk free that easily either
@@Avocado_Ruleryou’re sick
@@Avocado_Ruler🤓
@johansantos3716 he's serving 10 years.. for an incident in which his brakes went out... I had this happen to me headed into an intersection. Barely missed a women with 2 toddlers.. this could be anyone. If you think this is walking off easy you have things backwards.
@@anthonyallencabreraoh wow
Haven’t they thought hey maybe he didn’t realize his brakes failed until he was passed the runoff.
Nah, the americans at the top arent that smart
The live streaming guy saying "Actions have consequences" like a fool, not realizing he's breaking the law by using his phone while driving. Give a darwin award to this guy.
This is just embarrassing for our judicial system.
It’s his fault lol
Too be fair it is his fault but 110 years is ridiculous.
@UV for picking and choosing which killers get convicted.
@bob Ross he went passed 2 run away’s that could of had made him stop
@@Caydxz but like he said his break failed
It's easy to miss a runaway truck sign in a high stress situation like that. Absolutely ridiculous sentence. Tragedies happen and it's not always someones fault
That’s exactly what I was thinking
No it’s not a high stress situation. He deserved to be locked up for
His actions that caused MULTIPLE people to LOSE THEIR LIVES. And he’s probably an illegal immigrant from Mexico so we need to send his ass back to his country.
@@tristynbail6443 alot of assumptions in that comment but hes not illegal hes a citizen
You can easily miss that sign at the rate of speed he was going, plus the stress he was under. Hell, I had to rewatch and pause the video just to read what the heck the sign said! I personally have never seen this type of sign with this verbiage. If I was personally in this situation, I would’ve been screwed, since I’m near-sighted. I dang sure wouldn’t have known what the sign said until I was right up on the sign, and it would have been too dang late for me to take the exit. I sure hope justice re-evaluates this situation, and grant him clemency!
@@tristynbail6443 great racism Tristyn, heres some reddit platinum
Only in America. And yes, that is a indictment on American society...
Following the nationwide backlash, First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King, the lead prosecutor in the case who personally oversaw pursual of the charges which culminated in Aguilera Mederos's century-plus prison sentence, requested a re-sentencing hearing in his case, with their goal being a sentence ranging from 20 to 30 years.[32]
On December 30, 2021, before the planned re-sentencing hearing, Governor Jared Polis commuted Aguilera Mederos's sentence from 110 years to 10 years.
It’s ridiculous that a man who rapes someone can get like 3 years we’re as this man who didn’t nothing to his fault is getting over a century in jail. What the heck is wrong with America.
Thankfully they reduced his sentence to 10 years
EDIT: ppl keep thinking im saying they reduced it BY 10 yrs but they actually reduced it TO 10 yrs in Dec 2021. Hope that helps lol
@@froggynzack they did
@@federalghost7804 right im glad they did cuz that was just injustice at its finest
He only deserves like 5 days
@@froggynzack I seriously thought you said _"by_ 10 years" and I thought you were being sarcastic 😂
No way hes gonna gonna spend his whole life in prison over a huge accident. Prayers to his family.
Prayers to the families of the victims more like
@@planemod8399 well theres not much you can do when your breaks stop working but just pray. But yes prayers to the victims family aswell.
@@planemod8399 prayers to him also...
he has 4 deaths on his concious for the rest of his life which could lead to mental issues or suicide (Im saying worse case scenarios), but not alot of people can be normal after a death is caused by them
@@aninebula6985 that's what happens when neglect your work. He knew his tires had problems but decided to overlook because of lazyness. There truck drivers makes me unease every time I go near them knowing I'll die because of a Simple mistake they can make
Prayers to his family but not his victims? Wow.
Penalty over technical accident? Maybe he didn’t realize his brakes were out at the site of the runaway ramp they’re treating him like a murderer man this is insane
Wait. His brakes failed? That's horrible.