they get in the way and are annoying and everywhere….Such a nuisance. With that said, I do however appreciate them for knowing they’re in the way and annoying. And there are a few that do have the courtesy to let a couple people go at intersections and the radio conversations are wild. But then you have the lot lizard simps and crystal glacier surfers…that’s a yikes from me
Most truck drivers wouldn't have driven past an emergency runaway truck ramp. He then llied. 25 years is more appropriate. He killed 4 people who burned alive.
An accident that could have been avoided if he used the truck RAMP which he clearly saw amd clearly made the decision to go right on past it! Then drove right into traffic killing alot of people! Experience doesnt matter with this case what matters is he CLEARLY SAW THE RUNAWAY TRUCK RAMP AND DROVE PAST IT! all this could have been avoided if he used the truck RAMP! Nobody seems to understand this
@@asahel980 How would he go to the ramp if he is going 85 mph it would be hard for the truck to even turn if the trailer is loaded,As you see on the video you can see that the road starts to turn little more to the left as the ramp looks like it was little even more to the left like he was supposed to do a little more of a sharp turn,which as most ramps it should be like this as the road is straight and the road starts to turn to the left or right that's where you see the ramp that is straight up with no turns so that the truck can just go straight with out turning anywhere and he can't miss that ramp,Besides this ramp that was on the video was a little odd.
Just don't be that soft weak liberal crying about why crime is getting more and more out of control. This is why. Is it wrong that murderers get less time? Yes, so fix it and make sure the get serious jail time.
Turns out that the guy is not licensed to drive that kind of truck. Plus he also did not perform the required inspection before making the trip. So yes, he is in a way guilty.
It’s so crazy how he got so much time for mistake. Yet that 16 year old kid who got multiple dui’s and ended up killing 4 ppl cause he was drunk at the wheel for the 647485th time got away without ever serving time. If he had a name like Ethan Couch (16 yr old kid) I suspect this case might have ended differently.
@@Dtuba15 his brakes faded because he didn't read the signs. If it was your family members who got killed by someone who ignored a bunch of GIANT FLASHING YELLOW SIGNS, and the swerved away from the runaway ramp, into innocent people, killing them, how would you feel? People died because he failed at his job. What is the right thing to do here?
@@aaronarmstrong9776 okay buddy I understand u, but is that gonna bring them back ? I don’t think so. He made a big mistake, yep he deserves to go there but not for 110years. In this period we are living nobody live for that long anymore. And accident happened, but his wasn’t on purpose. While a lot of people are killing innocent people, rapping, kids trafficking, and racist killing and get out of jail because self defense duh🤷🏽♀️
@@naikanormil2942 oh yea to be clear, 110 years is absolutely insane. Like, whether or not the dude was a moron, I definitely don't think he had malicious intentions. Our truckers are part of the back bone. We need to treat them good. And with some of the actual criminals we have walking around on the street, I think it is ridiculous to lock someone up for their entire life for a mistake, albeit a very very stupid and deadly mistake. I don't think anything more than 20 years or so is reasonable. Even 20 years sound long for an accident, but 4 people don't get to live any more life because of him, and countless more hurt, so like I said, what is the right thing to do? Honest question because I don't know myself
There was a terrible DUI case in my hometown,about 20 years ago. A young lady right out of high school, dui, drove wrong way on interstate, topped a hill. Hit car, killed several people. She got sentenced to life in prison. It’s terrible, but she really messed up.
Ethan Couch killed 4 people injured 9 while drunk driving. he got a 10 year probation because of "Affluenza". Yes, the rich have too much money, that's why they don't go to jail. best justice system ever!
It wasn’t an accident. It was an incident the driver caused, 7 minutes and over 10 miles in the making. Starting from when he accelerated to 85mph going downhill instead of decelerating and shifting to a lower gear. Compounding when he ignored 4 runaway truck ramps. Then when he ignored the level and grassy median he could have moved. Instead of using his engine brakes, he used other people’s vehicles and bodies to slow down. The black box recorder showed that he didn’t even try to decelerate his 80,000 lb vehicle that was heading downhill until speeds went above 95mph…
They can sentence this dude to 110 years but can't sentence Brice Rhodes for killing 3 people including 2 kids after 4 years. The US legal system is a joke.
Truckers are responsible for their brakes. Brakes overheating when you don’t engine brake properly is not unusual. He was aware of it, but either negligent, or untrained. He called his boss and reported the issue with the brakes well before the accident. And he drove past several ramps designed specifically for these situations. However, I agree that 110 years is excessive. 15 years is more appropriate.
My uncle was a truck driver and his brakes failed as well, thankfully he was on a empty road but it was going downhill and he had to jump out of the truck only way he possibly lived. He has permanently has a slightly paralyzed arm , slurred speech , and memory loss . Truck driving is so dangerous, he should not have received that sentence.
Messed up. The guy is out there working for a living and a tragic accident happens. So horrible, you don’t think he already feels awful? 123 years is insanity.
I'm a truck driver ,this guy is 23 years ole so his experience wasn't much ,I've been driving 22 years ,been down that hill several times ,it's one of the scariest things I've ever done going east or west .if u come out of gear u r screwed cuz u make that not be able to get in gear again which means u have no control over the truck ,which also means u will loose your breaks and easily burns them up .Although I do believe jail time is necessary just not that much cuz believe me this guy didn't have the experience to deal that none of us do cuz this could've happened to any driver experienced or not .
He killed 4 people & had 28 counts against him. He even admitted in court he has brake issues & had them checked but kept them as is. Even just the 4 counts of manslaughter are 15 years each. Not only did 4 people die but some are permanently disabled. So help me understand how Alton years you think he should get?
This is ridiculous! Murderers, rapists, and child molesters receive far less than this. I feel bad for the lives lost, but if his brakes went out what was he supposed to do? Don’t lie who would’ve panicked in that situation? I would have and certainly those clowns dishing out fate.
@@usul573 I do believe here in CA it's more like 5 to 15 for vehicular manslaughter. But this guy didn't even own the vehicle he was driving. How is it his fault for terrible maintenence, if you know what I mean.
He intentionally passed four runaway truck ramps. He likely caused his brakes to fail by going too fast in too high a gear as well. He definitely caused the death and destruction and deserves some punishment
Also he could of simply pulled over.if his breaks were getting too hot.....pull over when u still have brakes!....im sure it wasn't the truck necessarily....he was going down the hill too fast..... using his brakes too much.....they got hot and that's how he lost them...but he missed all the runaway truck ramps..they are thier for that exact reason......these are simple things that all drivers should know.i don't understand how he didn't know that...this all could of been avoided so easily....if he didn't understand how to drive in the mountains..he had no business being up thier....this is basically stuff you learn early in truck driving school
@@mattthemonster666 The prosecution only mentions one runaway ramp and seriously doubt he "intentionally" past it. That's like saying, I don't want to save my life, I think I'll crash into a bunch of cars. IMO, there had to be a reason he missed the runaway ramp. Either way, life in prison is beyond unreasonable.
My father has been driving 18-wheelers, doubles, and dump trucks for over 40 years. This hits home. This sadly was a pure accident and nothing less. How our justice system in this country is so broken.
@@YouScareMe1 you know how easy it is to gain speed on a downhill road? Trucks are heavy. He panicked, and miss the ramp. You know how scary it is to lose control of a vehicle? It’s easy to make a mistake.
He definitely doesn’t deserve that many years but there’s always two sides to a story. It wasn’t as simple as his brakes stopped working out of nowhere. He was 10k over weight, speeding at 85 mph, didn’t do the right procedures and didn’t go into those truck stopping ramps (he passed two of them). He still doesn’t deserve 110 years but it isn’t as simple as blaming it on the justice system
How was he 10k over weight ? If u were able to get all these details….then u would find, dude probably was not properly trained but somehow had an A seat cdl license
@@ezskreet this is information from the case I believe. It’s simple if you have a cdl license. You’re required to consistently check your weight, brakes etc. it’s a whole process. Whether he was poorly trained or not doesn’t matter, he had a cdl license. He was speeding too which shows how reckless he was. Everyone knows you can’t go 80 mph in a semi truck. So he deserves a punishment because 4 people died but definitely not 110 years
The justice system is CORRUPT! It MUST be dismantled and rewritten to serve citizens fairly. I will NEVER vote for a ‘politician’ again. They are corrupted animals that only have theirselves in mind stealing our money and terrorizing our children.
@@deedestclair9446 The justice system has allowed our roads to become very unsafe because of the money of big transportation and trucking. In this case, the law is actually trying to protect motorists.
@@deedestclair9446 you clearly don’t know anything about our justice system. It is the closest thing to perfect there is. Will there be bad cases, yes always. It happens all over the world. This case if you read into it would make sense but you clearly didn’t. Plus, our corrupt politicians have nothing to do with it. It’s the jury who decided. They’re regular people like us
You forgot to mention that he admitted that hours before the crash he stopped to have the breaks checked and decided to keep going without having them fixed.
And yet the SOB who was driving drunk and killed my best friend daughter as she walked to school. Only got 19 months. Correction. He got 3 yrs. He was out in 19 months.
Give him 5 yrs, with a further 5 yrs ban on getting a license, and a lifetime ban for getting a heavy vehicle licence. Atleast don't snatch his whole life. Come on
I got my class A license back in 2015. Drove a truck for a guy for 3 months. I quit because he wouldn't stop pressuring me to drive longer hours than legally allowed. He tried to teach me how to cheat log books on my first day. Got a job for another guy and quit a month later for the same reason. Repeated this cycle about 4 times before I realized that the industry is broken. I got out because I feared I would become this young man on the evening news.
Good call my friend, good call. Don’t take the fall for someone else’s corruption. We often see Bosses instigate employees to cut corners, and when things go south, it’s the employee who ends up paying the price.
I wish the drunk driver who killed my friends daughter during his third DUI had gotten this much time instead of 6 freakin months. 110 years for this young man is insanity.
@@angrymaninapandamask6432 Nothing he could do? Your joking, he chose not to go on the ramps that would have saved himself and wouldn't have harmed anyone. He also rejected his plea deal, he gets what he deserves.
Imagine the amount of adrenaline that gets pumped into you when you realize your brakes failed on your massive truck? It's super easy to make the mistake of missing the run off ramp. A penalty yes, but 110 years? Absurd
Lied about his experience, went past 2 ramps that are made to stop this from happening and chose to keep going towards traffic ....putting the public in danger. He also knew about the condition of the breaks. 4 people died because of him and mutple people injured, life sentence seems perfect.
@@Licmebro are you in a high stress profession? or have you been? because unless youve been tested in a trial by fire you never know how you will react when faced with true crisis. are you going to be calm enough in an 80,000 lb truck going nearly 100 mph to direct it into a run away truck ram and basically intentionally crash? because judging by your comment i doubt it. but hey maybe im wrong what do i know im just some dude on the internet.
Blew past 2 runaway ramps, knew about & had reported his brakes not working, also came barreling onto a dangerous downgrade at full speed. Moral of the story is don't move your truck if it's not in legal operating condition. You can go to the DOT and have them to shut the truck down until it's fixed.
theres more to it then that, there was negligence involved . That being said 110 years is ridiculous , murderers get less for that . Hope this man gets it reduced
Anyone who has trained driving a truck knows break failure is COMMON -- there are NUMEROUS ways to prevent such a huge magnitude of an accident. He failed all of them and killed so many. 110 is excessive, but don't be naïve that he's a saint -- he's significantly at fault
@@StaticRealist2050 wasnt up to the judge. Watch the video-this was the result of mandatory sentencing laws. The judge said during sentencing that if he had the discretion he would have given a lesser sentence but the sentence was decided by the laws on the books.
Did his defense team not try the "affluenza" defense, oh wait, he isn't a rich white kid... -Ethan Couch, drove drunk, killed 4 people and got probation...
@@akui88 yes. This is exactly what the defense apparently did not do. Cite precedent. Cite a previous case and use it as an example. We are not lawyers and just casually on a comment section we are building a stronger defense. Why couldn't the "professional" defense lawyers do the same? SMH.
This hits me close... Happened to me on Snoqualmie pass in wa state, I drove my truck onto the center median... Minor damage to the cars in front of me, saved lives... Burned out breaks or not, I was responsible for my vehicle and I luckily was able to stop in time... After that and now the resulting lawsuit against me by a survivor, I made a career change... NO MORE TRUCK DRIVING...
@@careygrubb6649 it was, I went almost 1 million miles in my driving career and never scratched a vehicle to losing the ability to stop... I was just worried for the other motorists... I drive like it's my family on the road... I'm sure this poor young man didnt mean to hurt anyone, it really does make me sad to see this.
His brakes would fail if he was riding them, and they became hot. Going down a steep hill you have to let off the brakes so they can cool. You apply the brakes once you hit the speed limit, slow down 10 MPH, and then let off the brakes until you hit the speed limit again.
@@thanks6248 Yeah, theres a few ways to slow down those trucks, not just brakes. Exhaust brake, down shifting (might overspeed clutch and explode) runaway ramps. Sucks to have happened, but if he overheated those brakes, that's on him. Its negligence. 110 years is excessive though.
If his brakes failed not only should he be a completely free man bit he should also be compensated in some way for the emotional pain he has to live with for the rest of his life. Disgusting and absolutely idiotic justice system.
From what I heard, the company he drove for should be partially responsible since they ordered him to drive anyway and the truck was owned by the company!
@@5koby4 it’s easy to say what you would do in that situation . But unless you’re going through it, you don’t know what decisions you would actually make . The Punishment doesn’t fit.
Each and every owner or company driver should do PTI and do report to the company if something wrong if nothing was wrong you just follow rd rule and since
This guy: kills 4 people and gets 110 years. Pilot: deliberately neglectful, kills 70 people and gets 15 years and only serves 6. * Seems about right. *
Ghislaine Maxwell's maximum sentence is 40 years and she trafficked hundreds of children thousands of times. Forty years is too little for her and 49 years is still too many for this truck driver.
Ya that story doesn’t add up my friend no air means brakes lock up . Plus didn’t you see your air lines condition of service? Not saying your story isn’t true but I think there is some details your not mentioning, if your air line cracked and leaking then that truck should have the other lines replaced and taken out of service until fixed properly. Those lines will dry rot and leak eventually like everything else. Also if you had moisture in your lines and didn’t empty your air tanks in cold weather they will freeze and burst . If I see any fading of Color or if you can take your finger nail and scrape the outer shield off then it’s time to replace the lines don’t chance it If one is due to replace then most likely the others are on the way out.
it was not an accident. he failed in the operation. millions of trucks have navigated that decline safely. wrong deceleration techniques and riding his brakes. it's on him. next time educate yourself before commenting and looking the fool
I spoke on that same racial injustice that in front of the camera they were forced to take another look. But what about all the innocent lives they took and killed and threw away the key. Those cases that wasn’t in front of the camera 📸
I live in Colorado. I have driven on i70 more times than I can count. On the Eisenhower tunnel section of i70 I have not once gone down it without seeing a semi with it's brakes on fire. It is super difficult and dangerous to drive our roads. That being said, give pedophiles at least 110 years and not a man trying to make a living.
hopefully with enough conversation being sparked like this maybe some change can start to be made and longer sentences will actually be doled out to those that deserve them and less like this guy here
They offered him a 9 year plea bargain to admit guilt , he turned it down, what you got to understand is his actions caused the loss of human life, he's responsible and guilty, and if you're guilty and you take it to trial you're gonna get the maximum sentence
He had no malice. He panicked and handled it badly but it was an accident. Should prosecute those that put someone so inexpiernced behind the steering wheel of that 18 wheel big rig.
America is garbage these days...and a dude that robs women...spends like 3 yes in jail...😂😂..and then we march for him..am done drinking this woke koolaid yo
It’s not an “accident” accidents are comets hitting your house, or a tree falling onto your car. This is an INCIDENT because it was completely preventable and due to human error/carelessness. I’m a first responder and accident/incident is VERY important and not even close to being the same.
Those 5 million people did not read any facts about this case, that man deserves to be in prison, 4 lives were taken by him and his actions, it’s deserved, and I guarantee that Gov will not grant clemency because he knows the facts.
@@sandibabi3925 The town I grew up in has a steep mountain road, and a dump truck lost it's brakes and smashed into over dozen cars killing many people. The trucking company was held liable, not the driver. Several years later, same exact thing happened again, and the town built an emergency off ramp that went through somebody's yard.
Did he personally owned the truck or was he an employee of a company that owned and maintained the truck? If it's not his truck, he just needs a better lawyer.
If his breaks failed. There's no excuse to put him in for 110 years. Yes he killed people. But he didn't do it on purpose. People shouldn't be convicted like cold blooded murderers because of something that chance determined. I don't believe he even deserves a full 10 years. Especially when I've seen people get 15 year sentences for 1st degree murder. I literally have a high school friend who got a 15 year sentence for 1st degree murder when he was 21 and heavily intoxicated. This dude was just working and his breaks failed and he accidentally hit and killed people
The company should be help liable. Not him. Kyle killed two people and left one maimed. There is now a new standard to uphold. Killing alone even with provocation is no longer a jail sentence
I am totally disheartened with our justice system. I feel horrible for those poor people who lost their lives, but 110 years for an accident is OUTRAGEOUS. Something has to be done for this guy.
I work near the area of the crash. The driver was going 85 mph through Denver in rush hour traffic and had multiple other options than crashing into stopped traffic. Call it what you will but there's a reason he was sentenced 110 years.
@@bradychristians748 The idiots NOT from Denver have no clue and should STFU. Truckers can take a ditch. He clearly AVOIDED taking the ramp. He CHOSE to use cars as his means of stopping and then his victims BURNED ALIVE.
It wasn’t an accident. It was an INCIDENT, caused by a series of reckless and dangerous decisions Rogel made over a 7 minute period. He didn’t have to go into neutral to accelerate downhill. He didn’t have to ignore 4 runaway truck ramps. He didn’t have to speed up to 85mph in a 45mph zone. All of these things he did led directly to him killing 4 people.
He was going way 2 fast 70 mph I can understand if that's the speed limit on that freeway but 85 mph ain't no understanding....he was very reckless he failed to follow d.o.t regulations he put pedestrians lives at risk unfortunately innocent people lost there lives...and if his breaks failed simple take your feet off the gas let the speed go down there's engine brakes,service brakes and trailer brakes I don't believe all brakes failed he could've used one but condolences to the families of the victims and to my fellow truckers pay attention to the road and stay safe #TANKLIFE💪
I signed the petition. This is ridiculous. Cop “accidentally” shoots a person and doesn’t grab her tazor yet this man almost dies gets life in prison. He clearly has survivors guilt and needs help not more harassment
pretty sure that person in the whole mistaken my gun for my taser thing was actually a villain. like that dude killed others in a robbery and left someone paralyzed. id say he got what he deserved but obviously the cop had no clue
This man has experienced trauma and horror that I pray none of us will have to endure. I can only imagine the guilt he feels and will live with forever. The accidental loss of life is tragic but what’s even more tragic is to dispose of another life as punishment. I hope his family and friends are there for him
You are responsible of the condition of your vehicule, it shouldn't have been on the road it was in bad shape. I'm sure he feels guilty now... Maybe should of though of that before he drove a 80,000pound vehicule with no brakes down a steep hill...
@@claudemartin7785 you can’t possible expect a drive to be a seasoned expert in every mechanical and electrical component of such a complex machine. That’s like blaming pilots for engine failures. There are mechanics that take a bulk of the responsibility for the safe operation of the truck. The driver just has to make sure everything looks good. It’s not his fault
stopped getting sucked in by media headlines that try to convince the public that this was a simple avoidable accident. if you review the case you'll find Mr Mederos drove negligently and "choose" not to turn off when he had opportunities
@@TitanFlare where im from (im a truck driver) the first half of school is more mechanic then anything else. 2nd half is road training. If your compagnie does not operate "safely" you have to tell the d.o.t. anonymously. All our trucks and trailers have to be checked and approved yearly (my employer does that inspection 4x a year) And if i find something unsafe on my truck... I don't drive it until it is fixed. It's not my life thats at stake... It's everyone elses.. I'm not gonna die in that truck but if i can avoid hitting you while you are on your phone or looking at your crying kid and swirving into me... I know i can do everything in the trucks power to save you
@@odeleya1768 what happens if you use your car as a weapon? Its that simple. What happens if you sake your baby to death. You didnt have experience and its negligence... Still murder. The compagny he worked for should be guilty as well don't get me wrong they put him there with this. But he did say yes to it all. So whatever the sentence for 4 murder plus all the permanent injuries and families he ruined. Add it up. That "trophy" is messed up tho
The reason it happened should matter. It wasn’t intentional. I understand the pain of losing family to accidents. Condemning this man forever won’t take that pain away.
The reason it happened does matter, he could've used his gears instead of frying his breaks, he could've taken three separate runaway truck ramps, he could've swerved to avoid other vehicles.
Condemning him forever will fortunately act as a catalyst for every truck driving agency across the country to review the authenticity of their employees experience and make sure their licenses are legitimate. Going light on this guy also wipes away that incentive for the companies. They go ham on him, the companies comply.
He missed 3 truck ramps y’all …… 3 …… I understand y’all simp with media . But y’all need to read the case and understand why he was given such a hard punishment. He missed 3 truck ramps in the time his brakes failed . He’s trained to do that . He didn’t do that .
@@kavuela4422 no . Y’all are not understanding what people are taught when they have a serious job like this . You are on the road with other lives . He missed 3 truck ramps .
I believe they made this sound like some sort of attack at first. I wonder if that had anything to do with the hefty sentence? 12 and 10 years for two men that murdered my grandfather the second time they came to rob him at home. The first time my grandfather tried to help them and even said I wont call the cops and he didnt. A week later they robbed him again and he refused to give them more so the put him in his van and kidnapped him. He was discovered in his van dead from a crow bar beating at the lake down the road. No way this truck driver should serve more time than them
Apparently their laws treat accidental homicides the same as intentional homicides and they have some mandatory min sentencing and a requirement to be served back to back. So he was convicted of 11 counts that had a 10yr min to be served back to back.
@@kwamebushman606 I do not doubt that might have resulted in fewer charges than the 47 or so they piled on this guy. Fewer charges would have been fewer to be convicted on and therefore fewer min sentences to add up. As long as people keep the heat on they will have to fix this injustice. The DA has requested a reduction before his own attorney has so the pressure it is working.
yeah how irony that the truck driver killed 4 people Sentence 110 years prison, while some white Cop who killed Black man that cost a riot all over US only Sentence 40 years prison
Man his truck was running away all the adrenaline and freaking out his mind was probably not right and couldn’t think clearly. You don’t know what you’d do in that situation. It is easy to say what you’d do thinking calmly but until you live it
Passed up a runaway truck ramp and that’s on video, could have easily veered off-road to save multiple lives but decided to save his own instead by mowing down all the cars in traffic… that doesn’t take training….
Hi, former 11 year truck driver here. Driving trucks sucks. What this guy did wrong was not drive with the anticipation needed or was in a hurry or both.
@@AV-cc5wl again, that’s hindsight🤦♂️ YOU know what you could’ve done because you’ve seen the footage and played every scenario back. It was happening to him in a flash.
This guy purposely drove his truck into another tractor-trailer after recognizing that his truck was having issues, continuing to drive wrecklessly, and missing multiple opportunities to correct the situation without causing tragedy and loss of life. However unfortunate, justice was served.
It wasn’t an accident. It was an incident the driver caused, 7 minutes and over 10 miles in the making. Starting from when he accelerated to 85mph going downhill instead of decelerating and shifting to a lower gear. Compounding when he ignored 4 runaway truck ramps. Then when he ignored the level and grassy median he could have moved. Instead of using his engine brakes, he used other people’s vehicles and bodies to slow down. The black box recorder showed that he didn’t even try to decelerate his 80,000 lb vehicle that was heading downhill until speeds went above 95mph. Finally, he signed off that he inspected the brakes and determined they were good and functional for him to be on the road. An accident happens in an instant, this incident was something that built up due to his compounding dangerous and negligent actions.
He could hit the guard rail or trump ramp not into stopped traffic. He could of hit big rigs but choose to run into cars as he knows he will live if he hit smaller cars. The big rigs was too dangerous so hr choose to save himself over everybody else. Selfish. Now he cries and say he wish God would taken him instead. 110 years is ridiculous. I say 7 years per life so 28 years for him. It's not an accident if he had a few minutes to stop the truck but fail to because he is a moron. He took a job he had no business to be doing.
This guy did not know how to drive, he went by a runoff ramp and said his brakes failed,he just fried the brakes on the way down the mountain. Bad Driver
Why did this truck driver get 110 years? Whereas Alvin Hubbard, of Maryland, received 1 year probation for killing 4 members of the same family while recklessly driving???? Now THATS a travesty. Everyone please Google if you're not familiar with that case. I urge you.
Company is wiping its hands clean claiming he had to do his pre-trip inspection. Pre-trip wont find mechanical problems with poorly maintained S-cams and slack adjusters/brake chambers
Or issues that occur during the transit. This is a really nasty trial I would refer no one have to deal with. There's no black and white to it and it's just sad to see how much loss occurred.
Nobody is talking about this. Company just dumps everything onto him. It’s the companies job to make sure all their drivers keep up with inspections and maintenance, no? Pressure of keeping a job while being on the road for that long will lead to pressured negligence. Companies want money for time, some cheap out on maintenance
I was totally stunned by his sentence and to be honest by any sentence. The brakes on his big rig failed. Who supplies the rigs that are needed for that sort of work. They are hinging it all on the fact he missed a sign to alert him to a ramp - driving a big rig and realising your brakes are failed - I would think you would panic and in this case resulted in a horrible accident - but it was an accident and I am tired of people thinking "someone' has to pay for something that was a terrible accident. Many years ago I had two dear friends who had only been married for 6 weeks. There was a driver of a van who had to swerve to not hit two teenagers riding their skateboards on the road - he lost control, mounted the median strip and ploughed head first into their car- this caused their deaths and I can only hope the impact killed them immediately as their car and they were incinerated. He did not mean to lose control. He did. With tragic consequences. Accidents can have terrible consequences but accidents with potentially lethal weapons as vehicles are still accidents. I feel for the people who were killed but also for Rogel. He wasn't a DUI - the brakes on his rig failed.
@@jackiepaper101 also was it his first time or few times on that highway. I have ro see everything in this case. And shame on that jury. I would have practiced jury nullification and found him jot guilty because i think the punishment is immoral.
@DON MORRIS he was convicted of 27 felonies including homicide, which it sounds like you believe he was guilty because he's responsible for the breaks. So how is that a ridiculous sentence, if he's guilty of 27 crimes? You can't have him guilty of numerous felonies, but let's not punish him. That makes no sense at all.
He killed multiple people who literally burned alive. Brakes failing or not, he could have prevented those deaths. Zero sympathy for truck drivers that blatantly break guidelines and cause accidents. Put him in the chair!!!
Its crazy i knew a guy that use to work with me he was 17 secs over 14 hours of his drive time a drunk driver ran a red light and crashed into him when he was driving, the drunk driver died and the judge gave my buddy 17 years for every second he was over his 14. CDL guys know everything is our fault and it sucks.
Responsible truck drivers check their own brakes just like you and I are responsible for our oil, water and brakes of our own cars. If they don't work right you don't drive. He didn't care he was just greedy. The sentence is just for his greed & irresponsibility. When someone kills one of your children or family members or harms you because the drove an unsafe vehicle, I'm positive you'd feel differently. Integrity means not driving an unsafe vehicle and not blaming everyone else.
I feel like the brakes were good but went out after inspection. Maybe a line got punctured or heated by some exhaust part, who knows. 110 years ain the answer
I’m siding with the trucker you can tell it was truly a accident, for gosh sakes we have murderers and pedophiles in the country who get off with less then this shows how corrupt the courts can come. Especially when money is involved. My heart goes out to this young driver!
@@callingyourphone1212 I'll have to go grab youre source since you're having trouble finding it but it was on I-70 and there's a video where he goes past them
@@williamwalker4323 sure and entire store would run out of stock..i want to see how much chaos it would got when you guys would even fought each other over toilet paper 🤣🤣
I really hope he catches a break it’s really hear breaking to see someone get bottled up like that considering it was a accident. When real murderers are out there free
Truck driver here, instead of praising us......how about not cutting us off, flooring the gas pedal in a merging lane and barely making it past me while putting yourself and others on the road in danger, high beaming me because I blocked you from thinking about speeding up to merge past me when I'm already going fast with a heavy loaded trailer, not letting me merge onto the freeway I need to get onto, speed up when I signal to enter your lane, etc etc 😂
I think a sentence of 110 year is excessive, but there is no question in my mind that the driver bears considerable responsibility for this tragedy, which I firmly believe was avoidable. 1.) The driver should have downshifted before beginning the downhill run, using the transmission as a governor to keep the truck from building excessive speed. 2.) He allowed the truck to build excessive speed and then tried to rely upon his brakes to slow it down. That caused the brakes to overheat, which would cause them to fail. Add to the mix, because trucks have air brakes over-reliance upon brakes depletes the air pressure faster than it can be rebuilt. 3.) He drove past not one, but THREE runaway truck ramps, which are specifically designed to allow trucks with failed brakes an escape route. 4.) My understanding is that the driver also had a very poor driving record. There is another side of this coin. CDL training is woefully inadequate. Most drivers spend about three weeks at a truck driving school, and then a few weeks with a company trainer. There are no regulations that govern who may become a trainer, nor is there any mandatory structure for company trainers to follow. When I began driving OTR about 20 years ago, my first trainer had no genuine interest in training. He was paid for miles, and not for training. My four weeks with him were pretty much time wasted. Fortunately, my next trainer (I went to work for a better company) was a very capable trainer. He took me from being a "steering wheel holder" to becoming a properly trained driver. He also taught me to drive the mountains. Being a native south Texan, I had no experience in driving on snow or ice, much less with a rig that weighed anywhere from 35 to 40 tons. So, my employer saw to it that I could receive additional training in snow, and in identifying black ice. I find it a bit odd to think that a pilot has to hold a flight instructor's rating to teach a student to fly a C-152, but no special ratings or endorsements are required to train someone to handle a big truck that can easily turn into a 30 - 40-ton missile.
Good analysis dude. Where did you source the 3 truck ramps piece? People keep brining it up, but I can't find an article that sites it. Also, right on primo, you're from south Texas? Me too, where from?
You sound like you got years of experience but if you look at him he's a foreigner they barely give him the basics and then put them on the road most of them don't know how to drive they don't know anything about what you're talking about some of those guys are like little kids behind the wheel the ones that have more experience are the ones with the turbines I've seen them take the doors right off the trailer it actually made me laugh
This was a very one sided comment, first,, if this inexperienced driver tried shifting and was not able to sync the tranny back to the motor speed ,,, he was screwed.... "Beach bum" try to remember your early days of driving ,, I do !! This was a very unfortunate accident with some bad decisions made that warrants at the most 3-5 years max
@@ernestgonzalez941 3-5 years max for killing 4 people? You can see on the video he had quite a few opportunities to veer off the road instead of plowing into other motorists. Not to mention he passed 3 runaway ramps too. Those 4 people never get another day, and neither do their families and loved ones.
Imagine presenting a brake shoe, that was used as evidence, in the form of a trophy, with no signs over use, excessive ware, high temperatures... Nothing from what I can see tells me the lining on that shoe was ready to be replaced. The best salesman in the world couldn't sell you a replacement shoe if this was the existing shoe.
A young truck driver in Saskatchewan Canada got 8 years for going through a stop sign with 16 and 13 charges causing bodily harm and death after hitting a bus full of hockey players. What a difference in sentencing.
So if you’re in government and negligently order a family in Afghanistan be killed in a drone strike, it’s just an accident, and no one is prosecuted. If you’re a hard working truck driver and make a mistake you’ll go to prison for a hundred years.
That's not reported, all that's reported was that the breaks were damaged either by excessive breaking OR due to the fire, the expert was inconclusive on that point. He did miss the truck ramp, though.
@@comochinganconesto ......and one thing that NBC failed to mention. This driver could not speak, read or understand English......lots more of 'em out there......
Why can't he barely speak English? I and many have come close to being killed by a truck drivers negligence, I've seen truckers purposely run drivers off the road and throw gravel onto vehicles, I'm glad Justice is holding them accountable!
The fact that he wasn't drunk, or under the influence should have been the only question, the fact that wrecking a vehicle is a crime, is enough for me to hate america.
The man was 23 when the accident happened - same age as me. I've made and learned from a lot of careless mistakes when driving. I would have no idea what to do if I was driving a semi and the brakes failed. Obviously, this guy should have known because he's a truck driver, and the people did not deserve to die because of his incompetence. However, a life sentence is way too much. 10 years in prison plus a life time of having to live with himself would have been more than enough punishment.
@@hoffman5982 why do rapists and predators get minor sentences then? Yes this guys deserves to pay but how his sentence is more than actual criminal who hurts people on purpose ?
4 people burned alive while they only had seconds to say goodbye to family and friends.. and to this world 🌎 This man is at fault and should pay for the lives he took
@@rawdawg9212 intentional no. He was negligent through and through. He had chances to prevent the tragedy whether it was engine braking or by going into a runaway ramp that he passed on multiple occasions.
If you're a truck driver and you're reading this comment, just know that most of us really appreciate you, and you are the backbone of this country.
they get in the way and are annoying and everywhere….Such a nuisance.
With that said, I do however appreciate them for knowing they’re in the way and annoying. And there are a few that do have the courtesy to let a couple people go at intersections and the radio conversations are wild. But then you have the lot lizard simps and crystal glacier surfers…that’s a yikes from me
We appreciate you as well.
But also use runaway ramps when your brakes go out
@@jamesdoakes4956 yikes! yeah, you tell em ghostrider! 😂😂😂😂
Most truck drivers wouldn't have driven past an emergency runaway truck ramp.
He then llied.
25 years is more appropriate. He killed 4 people who burned alive.
It's quite bizzare when a straight up murder can get you on parole in 25 years, yet 110 for an accident...
its not an accident, get facts he ignored truck ramps caught in video, its negligence not an accident
He turned down a 9 year plea deal
Socialism
An accident that could have been avoided if he used the truck RAMP which he clearly saw amd clearly made the decision to go right on past it! Then drove right into traffic killing alot of people! Experience doesnt matter with this case what matters is he CLEARLY SAW THE RUNAWAY TRUCK RAMP AND DROVE PAST IT! all this could have been avoided if he used the truck RAMP! Nobody seems to understand this
@@asahel980 How would he go to the ramp if he is going 85 mph it would be hard for the truck to even turn if the trailer is loaded,As you see on the video you can see that the road starts to turn little more to the left as the ramp looks like it was little even more to the left like he was supposed to do a little more of a sharp turn,which as most ramps it should be like this as the road is straight and the road starts to turn to the left or right that's where you see the ramp that is straight up with no turns so that the truck can just go straight with out turning anywhere and he can't miss that ramp,Besides this ramp that was on the video was a little odd.
When the family speaks, that speaks volumes. Good to see people can be forgiving for a tragic mistake.
Just don't be that soft weak liberal crying about why crime is getting more and more out of control. This is why. Is it wrong that murderers get less time? Yes, so fix it and make sure the get serious jail time.
Turns out that the guy is not licensed to drive that kind of truck. Plus he also did not perform the required inspection before making the trip. So yes, he is in a way guilty.
No one forgave Kim Porter for durante wright
@@Tim48367
Darn right.
Only because he is young and good-looking
@@Gemini530 yea he is in a way guilty but not to the point of getting that ridiculous sentence pfft
It’s so crazy how he got so much time for mistake. Yet that 16 year old kid who got multiple dui’s and ended up killing 4 ppl cause he was drunk at the wheel for the 647485th time got away without ever serving time. If he had a name like Ethan Couch (16 yr old kid) I suspect this case might have ended differently.
The sad thing it wasn’t even a mistake he lost his breaks, when your in that situation there is nothing you can do.
@@Dtuba15 his brakes faded because he didn't read the signs. If it was your family members who got killed by someone who ignored a bunch of GIANT FLASHING YELLOW SIGNS, and the swerved away from the runaway ramp, into innocent people, killing them, how would you feel? People died because he failed at his job. What is the right thing to do here?
@@aaronarmstrong9776 okay buddy I understand u, but is that gonna bring them back ? I don’t think so. He made a big mistake, yep he deserves to go there but not for 110years. In this period we are living nobody live for that long anymore. And accident happened, but his wasn’t on purpose. While a lot of people are killing innocent people, rapping, kids trafficking, and racist killing and get out of jail because self defense duh🤷🏽♀️
@@naikanormil2942 oh yea to be clear, 110 years is absolutely insane. Like, whether or not the dude was a moron, I definitely don't think he had malicious intentions. Our truckers are part of the back bone. We need to treat them good. And with some of the actual criminals we have walking around on the street, I think it is ridiculous to lock someone up for their entire life for a mistake, albeit a very very stupid and deadly mistake. I don't think anything more than 20 years or so is reasonable. Even 20 years sound long for an accident, but 4 people don't get to live any more life because of him, and countless more hurt, so like I said, what is the right thing to do? Honest question because I don't know myself
@@naikanormil2942 anymore? what? Did the average lifespan use to be 110 years?
I seen DUI drivers get little to no prison sentence for killing entire family.
There was a terrible DUI case in my hometown,about 20 years ago. A young lady right out of high school, dui, drove wrong way on interstate, topped a hill. Hit car, killed several people. She got sentenced to life in prison. It’s terrible, but she really messed up.
Ethan Couch killed 4 people injured 9 while drunk driving. he got a 10 year probation because of "Affluenza". Yes, the rich have too much money, that's why they don't go to jail. best justice system ever!
It wasn’t an accident. It was an incident the driver caused, 7 minutes and over 10 miles in the making. Starting from when he accelerated to 85mph going downhill instead of decelerating and shifting to a lower gear. Compounding when he ignored 4 runaway truck ramps. Then when he ignored the level and grassy median he could have moved. Instead of using his engine brakes, he used other people’s vehicles and bodies to slow down. The black box recorder showed that he didn’t even try to decelerate his 80,000 lb vehicle that was heading downhill until speeds went above 95mph…
That depends on the state the crime happens in and if they judge on “intent” or other criteria
@@rabbiforrskeincoinblatt3052 I find it hard to believe that this guy had a legally-issued CDL with the way he drove like that truck was a sports car
They can sentence this dude to 110 years but can't sentence Brice Rhodes for killing 3 people including 2 kids after 4 years. The US legal system is a joke.
*whats new?*
Not comparable, different states, different judges, different jurys, different prosecutors.
Didn't realize Rhodes was acquitted. Thanks for the heads up.
@@default2826 in the usa all are created equal and under equality of the law unless of course that seems bogus which it is.
@@mikedonline01 well if there's anyone on CZcams that could fix all the problems with the American legal system, it's you.
Seeing that young man's grief just broke my heart.
I'm sure the dead people felt it too.
@@launchpadw9379 women
Unless this man was responsible for the breaks then he's as innocent as the other victims. Truckers out there, we support you!
drove past a runaway truck ramp, complete incompetence kills
He knew about them and told his boss who made him drive it anyway so he is not innocent but the punishment doesn't fit the crime
Truckers are responsible for their brakes. Brakes overheating when you don’t engine brake properly is not unusual. He was aware of it, but either negligent, or untrained. He called his boss and reported the issue with the brakes well before the accident. And he drove past several ramps designed specifically for these situations.
However, I agree that 110 years is excessive. 15 years is more appropriate.
He literally had multiple rejections of quotes to fix his brakes. He knew they were faulty, he didn't care.
*brakes
Someone who deliberately goes out to murder gets less of a sentence than this and this was an accident!!! Absolutely disgusting justice system!
It would have been an accident had he not avoided the runaway truck ramps. Then it's no longer an accident.
Aka that 17 year old vigilante
@NoahsRaptor but still child killers get less than this and if it was attack most of the time they would just get the death penalty
@@cz538 u mean innocent 17 year old
@NoahsRaptor Do you even know what brake failure means?
If that's the case give drunk drivers 110 year's
Exactly!!!!!!
On top of that, the ticket should be $2.1 million. Stop the driver's stupidity.
Someone should find out how many years these prosecutors gave to others for doing something worse and confront them.
Ethan couch
Exactly
My uncle was a truck driver and his brakes failed as well, thankfully he was on a empty road but it was going downhill and he had to jump out of the truck only way he possibly lived. He has permanently has a slightly paralyzed arm , slurred speech , and memory loss . Truck driving is so dangerous, he should not have received that sentence.
LOL picturing him jumping out the truck🏃😂
I agree with you 100%
@@bigdaddytrips6197 ?
oh man that sucks :(
Messed up. The guy is out there working for a living and a tragic accident happens. So horrible, you don’t think he already feels awful? 123 years is insanity.
an accident that could've been prevented
his negligence he needs to pay life in prison
Why should he get 110 years when the criminals in our government are walking free.?
Maybe he should sue.
Oh wait, he isn't a rich politician.
@Someone Junior AOC is doing a lot of things right if you guys are so obsessed with her.
@@Shadow-nlr what’s she doing right?
@@lesliechow7286 what’s she doing wrong?
Remember Epstein didn’t off himself and A. Jones was right
@@ronnieb8893I'm working on it. Last round of chemo. I'd rather be outside experiencing anything but this.
I'm a truck driver ,this guy is 23 years ole so his experience wasn't much ,I've been driving 22 years ,been down that hill several times ,it's one of the scariest things I've ever done going east or west .if u come out of gear u r screwed cuz u make that not be able to get in gear again which means u have no control over the truck ,which also means u will loose your breaks and easily burns them up .Although I do believe jail time is necessary just not that much cuz believe me this guy didn't have the experience to deal that none of us do cuz this could've happened to any driver experienced or not .
IF he was WHITE and have money, the point you brought up would have been considered.
@@user9b2 if he had money he wouldn’t be driving a truck
He killed 4 people & had 28 counts against him. He even admitted in court he has brake issues & had them checked but kept them as is. Even just the 4 counts of manslaughter are 15 years each. Not only did 4 people die but some are permanently disabled. So help me understand how Alton years you think he should get?
He deserves some jail time, definitely not 110 years. And most people exaggerate or lie in their resume to get a job.
@@albertod6770 lol he's a truck driver, what was he going to lie about exactly?
As a truck driver myself, this really hits home.
Ok, so he had 4 times to exit safely and refused. He had a chance to plead to 10 years and refused. Help me understand how this is not his own fault?
Why does it hit home for you?
@@MrThe1234guy Probably because they break the law by speeding and cutting people off ...to name a few reasons for Sheena Lee
@Part-Time Gamer unfortunately you may be true
This should be community service, not a prison sentence.
This is ridiculous! Murderers, rapists, and child molesters receive far less than this. I feel bad for the lives lost, but if his brakes went out what was he supposed to do? Don’t lie who would’ve panicked in that situation? I would have and certainly those clowns dishing out fate.
Isn't this somewhere in the involuntary manslaughter/negligent homicide area of 2-4 years? Out with good behavior early sometimes.
@@usul573 I do believe here in CA it's more like 5 to 15 for vehicular manslaughter. But this guy didn't even own the vehicle he was driving. How is it his fault for terrible maintenence, if you know what I mean.
He intentionally passed four runaway truck ramps. He likely caused his brakes to fail by going too fast in too high a gear as well. He definitely caused the death and destruction and deserves some punishment
Also he could of simply pulled over.if his breaks were getting too hot.....pull over when u still have brakes!....im sure it wasn't the truck necessarily....he was going down the hill too fast..... using his brakes too much.....they got hot and that's how he lost them...but he missed all the runaway truck ramps..they are thier for that exact reason......these are simple things that all drivers should know.i don't understand how he didn't know that...this all could of been avoided so easily....if he didn't understand how to drive in the mountains..he had no business being up thier....this is basically stuff you learn early in truck driving school
@@mattthemonster666 The prosecution only mentions one runaway ramp and seriously doubt he "intentionally" past it. That's like saying, I don't want to save my life, I think I'll crash into a bunch of cars. IMO, there had to be a reason he missed the runaway ramp. Either way, life in prison is beyond unreasonable.
My father has been driving 18-wheelers, doubles, and dump trucks for over 40 years. This hits home. This sadly was a pure accident and nothing less. How our justice system in this country is so broken.
A accident happen in second not in minutes and whit options😥😥😥
He killed four people doing his job.
Kim Potter also had an accident and she has 20 years.
110 years sounds good to me.
An accident? How? He could have gone into a field
He was going double the speed limit. Not only that but he lied about his qualifications.
@@YouScareMe1 you know how easy it is to gain speed on a downhill road? Trucks are heavy. He panicked, and miss the ramp. You know how scary it is to lose control of a vehicle? It’s easy to make a mistake.
He’s been in for 2 years for bad breaks. Let this man go.
He definitely doesn’t deserve that many years but there’s always two sides to a story. It wasn’t as simple as his brakes stopped working out of nowhere. He was 10k over weight, speeding at 85 mph, didn’t do the right procedures and didn’t go into those truck stopping ramps (he passed two of them).
He still doesn’t deserve 110 years but it isn’t as simple as blaming it on the justice system
How was he 10k over weight ? If u were able to get all these details….then u would find, dude probably was not properly trained but somehow had an A seat cdl license
@@ezskreet this is information from the case I believe. It’s simple if you have a cdl license. You’re required to consistently check your weight, brakes etc. it’s a whole process. Whether he was poorly trained or not doesn’t matter, he had a cdl license.
He was speeding too which shows how reckless he was. Everyone knows you can’t go 80 mph in a semi truck. So he deserves a punishment because 4 people died but definitely not 110 years
The justice system is CORRUPT! It MUST be dismantled and rewritten to serve citizens fairly.
I will NEVER vote for a ‘politician’ again. They are corrupted animals that only have theirselves in mind stealing our money and terrorizing our children.
@@deedestclair9446 The justice system has allowed our roads to become very unsafe because of the money of big transportation and trucking. In this case, the law is actually trying to protect motorists.
@@deedestclair9446 you clearly don’t know anything about our justice system. It is the closest thing to perfect there is. Will there be bad cases, yes always. It happens all over the world. This case if you read into it would make sense but you clearly didn’t.
Plus, our corrupt politicians have nothing to do with it. It’s the jury who decided. They’re regular people like us
And this is why I don't have much faith in the justice system. In fact it's not much of a "justice" system at all.
You are so right!
You forgot to mention that he admitted that hours before the crash he stopped to have the breaks checked and decided to keep going without having them fixed.
He poor and Spanish that's why
@@tonybrave9934 he's not from Spain.
@@warrengoss7547 liar
And yet the SOB who was driving drunk and killed my best friend daughter as she walked to school. Only got 19 months.
Correction. He got 3 yrs. He was out in 19 months.
That’s our justice system for ya
Are you in Colorado?
@@korymulanax3362 california
This is disgusting. I'm sorry.
sounds like your friend should have done something if hes just willynilly living his life out on the streets. Eye for an eye
That "trophy" given to the prosecutor tells you every single thing you need to know about that Prosecutor, AND this Case.
Sick.
And who he votes for
Sick joke
Give him 5 yrs, with a further 5 yrs ban on getting a license, and a lifetime ban for getting a heavy vehicle licence. Atleast don't snatch his whole life. Come on
I got my class A license back in 2015. Drove a truck for a guy for 3 months. I quit because he wouldn't stop pressuring me to drive longer hours than legally allowed. He tried to teach me how to cheat log books on my first day. Got a job for another guy and quit a month later for the same reason. Repeated this cycle about 4 times before I realized that the industry is broken. I got out because I feared I would become this young man on the evening news.
Thanks for trying, this country depends on truck drivers. It's sad to hear, but I'm not surprised.
Good call my friend, good call. Don’t take the fall for someone else’s corruption.
We often see Bosses instigate employees to cut corners, and when things go south, it’s the employee who ends up paying the price.
Smart move
So you're telling me they never check your books when you went in for a weigh station
@@nealoverson if you slip them 100 they look the other way
I wish the drunk driver who killed my friends daughter during his third DUI had gotten this much time instead of 6 freakin months. 110 years for this young man is insanity.
Sorry to hear of such a great loss, ill pray for your friends family no excuse for that.
I know its insanity his brakes failed nothing he could really do 110 years
But a DUI offender will be driving again the nexted day
😬 sorry, 6 months is equally disrespectful.
@@angrymaninapandamask6432 Nothing he could do? Your joking, he chose not to go on the ramps that would have saved himself and wouldn't have harmed anyone. He also rejected his plea deal, he gets what he deserves.
You said it. Thank you for your words and I’m sorry for your loss. Your words matter.
Imagine the amount of adrenaline that gets pumped into you when you realize your brakes failed on your massive truck? It's super easy to make the mistake of missing the run off ramp. A penalty yes, but 110 years? Absurd
"I would have preferred God had taken me😭😭" A prayer that even has listened and answered in a different way...🙏🏼
I'm terribly sorry that all of those people died. What a tragedy! However, giving this man that many years is unjust.
C'mon now... he ain't even white!
@@jonathandoelander6130 bruh
He didn't go on the truck run way
@@charlesperkinsjr2 bruh 110 years when a white girl cop only get 10 years for shooting a black person in there own house who killed them for nothing
How is it unjust when that’s the law?
How can they sentence a man to 110 years when his brakes fails this world isn’t right. Honestly God Bless Everyone Involved.
Lied about his experience, went past 2 ramps that are made to stop this from happening and chose to keep going towards traffic ....putting the public in danger. He also knew about the condition of the breaks. 4 people died because of him and mutple people injured, life sentence seems perfect.
@@Licmebro are you in a high stress profession? or have you been? because unless youve been tested in a trial by fire you never know how you will react when faced with true crisis. are you going to be calm enough in an 80,000 lb truck going nearly 100 mph to direct it into a run away truck ram and basically intentionally crash? because judging by your comment i doubt it. but hey maybe im wrong what do i know im just some dude on the internet.
Blew past 2 runaway ramps, knew about & had reported his brakes not working, also came barreling onto a dangerous downgrade at full speed.
Moral of the story is don't move your truck if it's not in legal operating condition. You can go to the DOT and have them to shut the truck down until it's fixed.
Because he neglected to take the flashing signs saying runaway ramp to which would safely stop a truck with no brakes. That's why
theres more to it then that, there was negligence involved . That being said 110 years is ridiculous , murderers get less for that . Hope this man gets it reduced
There's no evidence his brakes failed. His incompetence cost people their lives and destroyed innocent families. Life or exile.
Anyone who has trained driving a truck knows break failure is COMMON -- there are NUMEROUS ways to prevent such a huge magnitude of an accident. He failed all of them and killed so many. 110 is excessive, but don't be naïve that he's a saint -- he's significantly at fault
110 years for a accident and child predators get away less. Now that's depressing.
Yep that's logic in this country. 😒
Every unjust judge will have to stand before the Judge of judges
@@LuffyToons Can't say for sure what judge will be after this life, but I will say people reap what they sow. Happy Holidays dude.
@@StaticRealist2050 wasnt up to the judge. Watch the video-this was the result of mandatory sentencing laws. The judge said during sentencing that if he had the discretion he would have given a lesser sentence but the sentence was decided by the laws on the books.
It wasn't an accident though. The guy was doing twice the speed limit and driving reckless.
Yeah that is crazy, straight up murders don't get that kind of time and the prosecutors are acually proud of the case??
This generally referred to as malicious prosecution. It also looks like he had very poor defense lawyers.
Did his defense team not try the "affluenza" defense, oh wait, he isn't a rich white kid...
-Ethan Couch, drove drunk, killed 4 people and got probation...
@@akui88 yes. This is exactly what the defense apparently did not do. Cite precedent. Cite a previous case and use it as an example.
We are not lawyers and just casually on a comment section we are building a stronger defense. Why couldn't the "professional" defense lawyers do the same?
SMH.
Yes they do.
@@barringtonmorris90 There is always that one guy... while yes some murders do get sentenced to that kind of time, many do not. Better?
I feel bad for the victims and their families. But 110 years in prison? His sentence needs to be greatly reduced.
This hits me close... Happened to me on Snoqualmie pass in wa state, I drove my truck onto the center median... Minor damage to the cars in front of me, saved lives... Burned out breaks or not, I was responsible for my vehicle and I luckily was able to stop in time... After that and now the resulting lawsuit against me by a survivor, I made a career change... NO MORE TRUCK DRIVING...
Sorry such a scary thing happened to you! That sounds so traumatic!
@@careygrubb6649 it was, I went almost 1 million miles in my driving career and never scratched a vehicle to losing the ability to stop... I was just worried for the other motorists... I drive like it's my family on the road... I'm sure this poor young man didnt mean to hurt anyone, it really does make me sad to see this.
He was green it was the company’s fault to have a kid that fresh on Colorado roads
@@ambergrislo1070 what does green mean? I also think it was the companies fault.
@@MEANMARINE1317 hope that stupid survivor didnt win the lawsuit
If his breaks really failed and it was out of his control, then 110 years is EXTREMELY excessive
If hes breaks failed he should be ZERO years in prison
His brakes would fail if he was riding them, and they became hot. Going down a steep hill you have to let off the brakes so they can cool. You apply the brakes once you hit the speed limit, slow down 10 MPH, and then let off the brakes until you hit the speed limit again.
@@thanks6248 Yeah, theres a few ways to slow down those trucks, not just brakes. Exhaust brake, down shifting (might overspeed clutch and explode) runaway ramps.
Sucks to have happened, but if he overheated those brakes, that's on him. Its negligence. 110 years is excessive though.
@@BBb-hs9ud I heard they reduced it to 10 years.
If his brakes failed not only should he be a completely free man bit he should also be compensated in some way for the emotional pain he has to live with for the rest of his life. Disgusting and absolutely idiotic justice system.
From what I heard, the company he drove for should be partially responsible since they ordered him to drive anyway and the truck was owned by the company!
Exactly. He shouldn't be charged at all. In my opinion the company is completely responsible.
@@Ilikefrogs.. He absolutely should be charged his actions killed people.
@@5koby4 it’s easy to say what you would do in that situation . But unless you’re going through it, you don’t know what decisions you would actually make .
The Punishment doesn’t fit.
Company went bankrupt after this case
Each and every owner or company driver should do PTI and do report to the company if something wrong if nothing was wrong you just follow rd rule and since
JUSTICE FOR HIM 😭😭🙏🏾
justice for the four lives that lost
This guy: kills 4 people and gets 110 years.
Pilot: deliberately neglectful, kills 70 people and gets 15 years and only serves 6.
* Seems about right. *
Something tells me "Certain crimes" to be served back to back, don't apply to corporations, and people of power :/
Typically "Corporations" don't serve prison time... Funny imagery, though. lol.
it don't. and never will.
@Isaac Echeverri just like any Govt official or politician. :\ They do it day after day.
Ghislaine Maxwell's maximum sentence is 40 years and she trafficked hundreds of children thousands of times. Forty years is too little for her and 49 years is still too many for this truck driver.
Said it best
Truck driver here.... My brake line popped today out of nowhere. I was going slow but it just happened. This is just wrong
If your line popped your truck woulve stopped on the road ... driver error when you burn your brakes up
@@lagoonrd4173 these people don't know trucks...
@@lagoonrd4173 not to mention dude was in a high gear no Jakes no trailer brake nothing... Just foot brakes
Ya that story doesn’t add up my friend no air means brakes lock up . Plus didn’t you see your air lines condition of service? Not saying your story isn’t true but I think there is some details your not mentioning, if your air line cracked and leaking then that truck should have the other lines replaced and taken out of service until fixed properly. Those lines will dry rot and leak eventually like everything else. Also if you had moisture in your lines and didn’t empty your air tanks in cold weather they will freeze and burst . If I see any fading of Color or if you can take your finger nail and scrape the outer shield off then it’s time to replace the lines don’t chance it If one is due to replace then most likely the others are on the way out.
Robert I as a professional truck driver can tell you no air no brakes,this guy was just careless!!
That white kid the other day got 0 years for deliberately murdering 3 people. But this man gets 110 for an accident? Wtf.
An example of broken justice ,skewed by over zealous prosecution .
No fairness no justice in this case
This was a Accident, this man is only being sentenced because he is Hispanic period.
facts!
it was not an accident. he failed in the operation. millions of trucks have navigated that decline safely. wrong deceleration techniques and riding his brakes. it's on him. next time educate yourself before commenting and looking the fool
@@jimk4267 My dad is a lifelong big rig truck driver. He knows what can happen and he does not fault that guy. It was an unfortunate acciedent.
@@GK-ku3zv you're full of it
@@jimk4267 Most of us are and you are no exception.
110 years for failed brakes... thats just insane
@Insta Cart1 dont just assume that he did it on purpose he is not even muslim
@@googleone9802 bruh u racist af~
@@nesto4275 wait islam is a RACE ? i though t it was religion of "peace"
@@googleone9802 You're a fool
Need better brakes! Imagine failed brakes on a plane 😬. Poor guy!
He was sentenced longer than Maxwell for an accident. What a joke.
This is a mistake that proves just how wrong the justice system can be.
I spoke on that same racial injustice that in front of the camera they were forced to take another look. But what about all the innocent lives they took and killed and threw away the key. Those cases that wasn’t in front of the camera 📸
@@Rumblealsojennings2929 Very true, I wonder how many unlucky innocents are rotting away in a prison.
I live in Colorado. I have driven on i70 more times than I can count. On the Eisenhower tunnel section of i70 I have not once gone down it without seeing a semi with it's brakes on fire. It is super difficult and dangerous to drive our roads. That being said, give pedophiles at least 110 years and not a man trying to make a living.
Amen to that. Guy definitely needs to do some time, but not the rest of his life.
Let's give this a guy a free pass for negligently making sure 4 people don't get to try and make a living.
@@mimcduffee86 too bad it doesn't change the past
hopefully with enough conversation being sparked like this maybe some change can start to be made and longer sentences will actually be doled out to those that deserve them and less like this guy here
They offered him a 9 year plea bargain to admit guilt , he turned it down, what you got to understand is his actions caused the loss of human life, he's responsible and guilty, and if you're guilty and you take it to trial you're gonna get the maximum sentence
He had no malice. He panicked and handled it badly but it was an accident. Should prosecute those that put someone so inexpiernced behind the steering wheel of that 18 wheel big rig.
Yeah but come on he should have gone up the run away truck ramp.
America is garbage these days...and a dude that robs women...spends like 3 yes in jail...😂😂..and then we march for him..am done drinking this woke koolaid yo
@@tomv5988 maybe the company tell him if he use it is going to came out of hi's pay check you know how much it cost to use the ramp .?
@@jcalzada74 You can't be serious.
It’s not an “accident” accidents are comets hitting your house, or a tree falling onto your car. This is an INCIDENT because it was completely preventable and due to human error/carelessness. I’m a first responder and accident/incident is VERY important and not even close to being the same.
Those 5 million people did not read any facts about this case, that man deserves to be in prison, 4 lives were taken by him and his actions, it’s deserved, and I guarantee that Gov will not grant clemency because he knows the facts.
What facts?
In a world where rapists and serial murderers get less time in jail it really shows you where our courts priorities are at
If anybody should be held accountable it should be the company he worked for.
Or whoever licensed him
There were lawsuits that caused the company to go bankrupt because of this incident
@@sandibabi3925 The town I grew up in has a steep mountain road, and a dump truck lost it's brakes and smashed into over dozen cars killing many people. The trucking company was held liable, not the driver. Several years later, same exact thing happened again, and the town built an emergency off ramp that went through somebody's yard.
Did he personally owned the truck or was he an employee of a company that owned and maintained the truck? If it's not his truck, he just needs a better lawyer.
Whoever was doing maintenance should also be held accountable.
If his breaks failed. There's no excuse to put him in for 110 years.
Yes he killed people. But he didn't do it on purpose. People shouldn't be convicted like cold blooded murderers because of something that chance determined.
I don't believe he even deserves a full 10 years. Especially when I've seen people get 15 year sentences for 1st degree murder. I literally have a high school friend who got a 15 year sentence for 1st degree murder when he was 21 and heavily intoxicated. This dude was just working and his breaks failed and he accidentally hit and killed people
he broke over 30 laws leading to their deaths though, he deserves at least 25
There was video of him passing multiple runaway ramps. This is negligence
@@joselito8226 yes because if your in the middle lane and you got cars to your right you have an opening for a ramp. Pls go re watch the video
The company should be help liable. Not him. Kyle killed two people and left one maimed. There is now a new standard to uphold. Killing alone even with provocation is no longer a jail sentence
He Killed 4 Victims How's Would U Likes Its To Be Your Families ?? The Speed A lot too
Nope..... he murdered 4 people with his incompetence.
This is the equivalent of giving a pilot life in prison after a plane crash
I am totally disheartened with our justice system. I feel horrible for those poor people who lost their lives, but 110 years for an accident is OUTRAGEOUS. Something has to be done for this guy.
Best I can do is 100 years and I'm taking a big risk here
I work near the area of the crash. The driver was going 85 mph through Denver in rush hour traffic and had multiple other options than crashing into stopped traffic. Call it what you will but there's a reason he was sentenced 110 years.
@@bradychristians748 The idiots NOT from Denver have no clue and should STFU. Truckers can take a ditch. He clearly AVOIDED taking the ramp. He CHOSE to use cars as his means of stopping and then his victims BURNED ALIVE.
It wasn’t an accident. It was an INCIDENT, caused by a series of reckless and dangerous decisions Rogel made over a 7 minute period. He didn’t have to go into neutral to accelerate downhill. He didn’t have to ignore 4 runaway truck ramps. He didn’t have to speed up to 85mph in a 45mph zone. All of these things he did led directly to him killing 4 people.
He was going way 2 fast 70 mph I can understand if that's the speed limit on that freeway but 85 mph ain't no understanding....he was very reckless he failed to follow d.o.t regulations he put pedestrians lives at risk unfortunately innocent people lost there lives...and if his breaks failed simple take your feet off the gas let the speed go down there's engine brakes,service brakes and trailer brakes I don't believe all brakes failed he could've used one but condolences to the families of the victims and to my fellow truckers pay attention to the road and stay safe #TANKLIFE💪
I signed the petition. This is ridiculous. Cop “accidentally” shoots a person and doesn’t grab her tazor yet this man almost dies gets life in prison. He clearly has survivors guilt and needs help not more harassment
Can I have a link I’d like to sign it
@@nerdgeekcosplay909 same here!
Yeah me too
pretty sure that person in the whole mistaken my gun for my taser thing was actually a villain. like that dude killed others in a robbery and left someone paralyzed. id say he got what he deserved but obviously the cop had no clue
@@no1washerezz No one deserves to be extrajudicially executed by the police. Let them have a fair trial like everyone else.
Did he not have multiple times to run off of the road? Still 110 years is crazy but hes also responsible for taking control of his truck. Poor dude
Whoever gave him a CDL and whoever hired him knowing he couldn’t read or speak English should be in jail !!!!
Frfr that just so dumb I know there’s a demand for truck drivers but the company is to blame too for letting that slide by under there noses
This man has experienced trauma and horror that I pray none of us will have to endure. I can only imagine the guilt he feels and will live with forever. The accidental loss of life is tragic but what’s even more tragic is to dispose of another life as punishment. I hope his family and friends are there for him
You are responsible of the condition of your vehicule, it shouldn't have been on the road it was in bad shape. I'm sure he feels guilty now... Maybe should of though of that before he drove a 80,000pound vehicule with no brakes down a steep hill...
@@claudemartin7785 you can’t possible expect a drive to be a seasoned expert in every mechanical and electrical component of such a complex machine. That’s like blaming pilots for engine failures. There are mechanics that take a bulk of the responsibility for the safe operation of the truck. The driver just has to make sure everything looks good. It’s not his fault
stopped getting sucked in by media headlines that try to convince the public that this was a simple avoidable accident. if you review the case you'll find Mr Mederos drove negligently and "choose" not to turn off when he had opportunities
@@TitanFlare where im from (im a truck driver) the first half of school is more mechanic then anything else. 2nd half is road training.
If your compagnie does not operate "safely" you have to tell the d.o.t. anonymously.
All our trucks and trailers have to be checked and approved yearly (my employer does that inspection 4x a year)
And if i find something unsafe on my truck... I don't drive it until it is fixed. It's not my life thats at stake... It's everyone elses.. I'm not gonna die in that truck but if i can avoid hitting you while you are on your phone or looking at your crying kid and swirving into me... I know i can do everything in the trucks power to save you
@@odeleya1768 what happens if you use your car as a weapon? Its that simple. What happens if you sake your baby to death. You didnt have experience and its negligence... Still murder. The compagny he worked for should be guilty as well don't get me wrong they put him there with this. But he did say yes to it all. So whatever the sentence for 4 murder plus all the permanent injuries and families he ruined. Add it up.
That "trophy" is messed up tho
The reason it happened should matter. It wasn’t intentional. I understand the pain of losing family to accidents. Condemning this man forever won’t take that pain away.
Agreed, let’s ruin someone’s life pointlessly. One day we’ll look back at this society and be absolutely apalled
There's actual innocent kids in jail as well that nobody gives af about
The reason it happened does matter, he could've used his gears instead of frying his breaks, he could've taken three separate runaway truck ramps, he could've swerved to avoid other vehicles.
Condemning him forever will fortunately act as a catalyst for every truck driving agency across the country to review the authenticity of their employees experience and make sure their licenses are legitimate. Going light on this guy also wipes away that incentive for the companies. They go ham on him, the companies comply.
Correct. It wasn't intentional. Thats why he wasn't charged with murder.
This is beyond disgusting. He shouldn't even serve 10 years for a accident that wasn't even his fault.
A lady got 4 years for driving over kids while the bus was stop
I couldn’t imagine knowing I killed people in an accident. This would break me completely. I pray they reduce his sentence.
Elle Lora cool profile girl
Don't skip runaway ramps and people won't die
@@kpov2533 I get that, but until I’m i that situation with the same set of circumstances, I can never comment on such. I can only empathize.
He missed 3 truck ramps y’all …… 3 …… I understand y’all simp with media . But y’all need to read the case and understand why he was given such a hard punishment. He missed 3 truck ramps in the time his brakes failed . He’s trained to do that . He didn’t do that .
@@kavuela4422 no . Y’all are not understanding what people are taught when they have a serious job like this . You are on the road with other lives . He missed 3 truck ramps .
I believe they made this sound like some sort of attack at first. I wonder if that had anything to do with the hefty sentence? 12 and 10 years for two men that murdered my grandfather the second time they came to rob him at home. The first time my grandfather tried to help them and even said I wont call the cops and he didnt. A week later they robbed him again and he refused to give them more so the put him in his van and kidnapped him. He was discovered in his van dead from a crow bar beating at the lake down the road.
No way this truck driver should serve more time than them
Apparently their laws treat accidental homicides the same as intentional homicides and they have some mandatory min sentencing and a requirement to be served back to back. So he was convicted of 11 counts that had a 10yr min to be served back to back.
People are evil..sorry about your grandpa
Really sorry about your grandpa.
@@MA-mh1vs they only treat it that way if you're not white plain and simple. He wouldn't have gotten that much if he was white
@@kwamebushman606 I do not doubt that might have resulted in fewer charges than the 47 or so they piled on this guy. Fewer charges would have been fewer to be convicted on and therefore fewer min sentences to add up. As long as people keep the heat on they will have to fix this injustice. The DA has requested a reduction before his own attorney has so the pressure it is working.
Fact that even the victims side speaks says a lot about them as human beings and a lot about this unfair sentence.
Drives past 2 runaway truck ramps, lied about his qualifications.
Guilty. Plain and simple.
He should have never been behind the wheel of that truck.
A sensible comment. There are about one in fifty intelligent comments like yours here.
That’s messed up, they shouldn’t give that man that much time. I hope it turns out better for him and I hope for strength for those families.
Yeah they should his negligence cost 4 people there lives accident or not he's gotta pay.
yeah how irony that the truck driver killed 4 people Sentence 110 years prison, while some white Cop who killed Black man that cost a riot all over US only Sentence 40 years prison
The governor just commuted his sentence to 10 years so that's good I guess
@@rpggaming1976 yeah but not 110 years. Every here agrees he should go to prison. It’s just that most believe he shouldn’t go for life.
Yeah they should give him however many years it takes for him to die in prison
Man his truck was running away all the adrenaline and freaking out his mind was probably not right and couldn’t think clearly. You don’t know what you’d do in that situation. It is easy to say what you’d do thinking calmly but until you live it
Exactly, it's an accident
Passed up a runaway truck ramp and that’s on video, could have easily veered off-road to save multiple lives but decided to save his own instead by mowing down all the cars in traffic… that doesn’t take training….
Hi, former 11 year truck driver here. Driving trucks sucks. What this guy did wrong was not drive with the anticipation needed or was in a hurry or both.
Yea u do u hit the runaway truck ramp he passed 3 of them. Very easy
@@AV-cc5wl again, that’s hindsight🤦♂️ YOU know what you could’ve done because you’ve seen the footage and played every scenario back. It was happening to him in a flash.
This guy purposely drove his truck into another tractor-trailer after recognizing that his truck was having issues, continuing to drive wrecklessly, and missing multiple opportunities to correct the situation without causing tragedy and loss of life. However unfortunate, justice was served.
110 years because his brakes failed?? Hope I’m not driving in Denver if my brakes fail
Yeah 110 years is nonsense for any non deliberate act, criminal or not.
I disagree u are responsible when behind the wheel. His negligence resulted in the death of 4 people
@@codymontour7816 And if that was you or one of your loved ones that was driving that rig???
@@krapeevids6992 I would still love them but they would need to take responsibility for their actions and negligence.
@@krapeevids6992 that’s the problem with the word today. No one wants to take accountability for their actions.
It wasn’t an accident. It was an incident the driver caused, 7 minutes and over 10 miles in the making. Starting from when he accelerated to 85mph going downhill instead of decelerating and shifting to a lower gear. Compounding when he ignored 4 runaway truck ramps. Then when he ignored the level and grassy median he could have moved. Instead of using his engine brakes, he used other people’s vehicles and bodies to slow down. The black box recorder showed that he didn’t even try to decelerate his 80,000 lb vehicle that was heading downhill until speeds went above 95mph. Finally, he signed off that he inspected the brakes and determined they were good and functional for him to be on the road. An accident happens in an instant, this incident was something that built up due to his compounding dangerous and negligent actions.
If it was proven to be a break failure
Then how was his fault? Bad jury for sure!
There's a whole section in the cdl manual on how to check air breaks before you start driving down the road
It's because he didn't use the runaway truck ramp that is provided on certain highway to prevent accidents like this.
He could hit the guard rail or trump ramp not into stopped traffic. He could of hit big rigs but choose to run into cars as he knows he will live if he hit smaller cars. The big rigs was too dangerous so hr choose to save himself over everybody else. Selfish. Now he cries and say he wish God would taken him instead. 110 years is ridiculous. I say 7 years per life so 28 years for him. It's not an accident if he had a few minutes to stop the truck but fail to because he is a moron. He took a job he had no business to be doing.
@@youaregoingtolovethis sometimes when one is in that moment, one panics! I wouldn't judge him him soo harshly. The breaks failed
Did you notice the color of his skin?
This guy did not know how to drive, he went by a runoff ramp and said his brakes failed,he just fried the brakes on the way down the mountain. Bad Driver
Why did this truck driver get 110 years? Whereas Alvin Hubbard, of Maryland, received 1 year probation for killing 4 members of the same family while recklessly driving???? Now THATS a travesty. Everyone please Google if you're not familiar with that case. I urge you.
Company is wiping its hands clean claiming he had to do his pre-trip inspection. Pre-trip wont find mechanical problems with poorly maintained S-cams and slack adjusters/brake chambers
Yes it will if you do it correctly.
Or issues that occur during the transit. This is a really nasty trial I would refer no one have to deal with. There's no black and white to it and it's just sad to see how much loss occurred.
Nobody is talking about this. Company just dumps everything onto him. It’s the companies job to make sure all their drivers keep up with inspections and maintenance, no? Pressure of keeping a job while being on the road for that long will lead to pressured negligence. Companies want money for time, some cheap out on maintenance
I was totally stunned by his sentence and to be honest by any sentence. The brakes on his big rig failed. Who supplies the rigs that are needed for that sort of work. They are hinging it all on the fact he missed a sign to alert him to a ramp - driving a big rig and realising your brakes are failed - I would think you would panic and in this case resulted in a horrible accident - but it was an accident and I am tired of people thinking "someone' has to pay for something that was a terrible accident. Many years ago I had two dear friends who had only been married for 6 weeks. There was a driver of a van who had to swerve to not hit two teenagers riding their skateboards on the road - he lost control, mounted the median strip and ploughed head first into their car- this caused their deaths and I can only hope the impact killed them immediately as their car and they were incinerated. He did not mean to lose control. He did. With tragic consequences. Accidents can have terrible consequences but accidents with potentially lethal weapons as vehicles are still accidents. I feel for the people who were killed but also for Rogel. He wasn't a DUI - the brakes on his rig failed.
Lock up the CEO of his company and if payment was an issue.
Exactly. In the moment the average person would not see a runaway lane. Look into the maintenance records for the truck.
@@jackiepaper101 also was it his first time or few times on that highway. I have ro see everything in this case. And shame on that jury. I would have practiced jury nullification and found him jot guilty because i think the punishment is immoral.
Sorry for the loss of your friends. You have great resolve, thanks for sharing.
@DON MORRIS he was convicted of 27 felonies including homicide, which it sounds like you believe he was guilty because he's responsible for the breaks. So how is that a ridiculous sentence, if he's guilty of 27 crimes? You can't have him guilty of numerous felonies, but let's not punish him. That makes no sense at all.
He killed multiple people who literally burned alive. Brakes failing or not, he could have prevented those deaths. Zero sympathy for truck drivers that blatantly break guidelines and cause accidents. Put him in the chair!!!
BREAKING: His sentence is now 10 years (reduced by 100 years)! Thank God!
Its crazy i knew a guy that use to work with me he was 17 secs over 14 hours of his drive time a drunk driver ran a red light and crashed into him when he was driving, the drunk driver died and the judge gave my buddy 17 years for every second he was over his 14. CDL guys know everything is our fault and it sucks.
Really?
How is this even a thing…no wonder nobody wants to be a truck driver anymore…
No appeals or anything?
Whoa, did you mean "17 years, one for ever second" or what you wrote, which comes out to 289 years?
@@AuxiliaryPanther I think he means 17 years - a year for every second.
This is why I refuse to go back to driving this is crazy the company should be being charged for this truck's brake failure
Responsible truck drivers check their own brakes just like you and I are responsible for our oil, water and brakes of our own cars. If they don't work right you don't drive. He didn't care he was just greedy. The sentence is just for his greed & irresponsibility. When someone kills one of your children or family members or harms you because the drove an unsafe vehicle, I'm positive you'd feel differently. Integrity means not driving an unsafe vehicle and not blaming everyone else.
I feel like the brakes were good but went out after inspection. Maybe a line got punctured or heated by some exhaust part, who knows. 110 years ain the answer
@tab let you all are mechanics now?? Know what you are doing and what you are looking at??
He's a homicider
Shut up
How is this his fault? His breaks failed. This is not justice
110 years for an accident but a real murderer gets 25 years the governor better step in here
I’m siding with the trucker you can tell it was truly a accident, for gosh sakes we have murderers and pedophiles in the country who get off with less then this shows how corrupt the courts can come. Especially when money is involved. My heart goes out to this young driver!
Isure he had no intention for this to happen. 110 is insane
Never knew a mistake meant skipping runaway ramps knowing your brakes are out
@@kpov2533 i dont know the full story. Do you have a source on where accident was and the locations of runaway ramps?
We have them in our government and nothing will happen to them.
@@callingyourphone1212 I'll have to go grab youre source since you're having trouble finding it but it was on I-70 and there's a video where he goes past them
ALL TRUCKERS SHOULD GO ON STRIKE AND SHOW AMERICA WHO REALLY MOVES THIS COUNTRY
Love this comment!
If they all drive like him ok sounds good keep them off the road🤣
@@williamwalker4323 sure and entire store would run out of stock..i want to see how much chaos it would got when you guys would even fought each other over toilet paper 🤣🤣
@@williamwalker4323 you would be crying like a little girl after three days......you have no clue about trucking.......
I really hope he catches a break it’s really hear breaking to see someone get bottled up like that considering it was a accident. When real murderers are out there free
After intentionally avoiding the runaway ramps it’s no longer an accident
@@enriqueortiz5853 lol... So you think he had intent to murder?
@@Mageblood lol…. well he didn’t have the intent to prevent the accident
@@enriqueortiz5853 right he sadly couldn't prevent the "accident." So we agree it was an accident?
@@Mageblood not an accident when you decide to use other drivers as cushions
Truck driver here, instead of praising us......how about not cutting us off, flooring the gas pedal in a merging lane and barely making it past me while putting yourself and others on the road in danger, high beaming me because I blocked you from thinking about speeding up to merge past me when I'm already going fast with a heavy loaded trailer, not letting me merge onto the freeway I need to get onto, speed up when I signal to enter your lane, etc etc 😂
I think a sentence of 110 year is excessive, but there is no question in my mind that the driver bears considerable responsibility for this tragedy, which I firmly believe was avoidable.
1.) The driver should have downshifted before beginning the downhill run, using the transmission as a governor to keep the truck from building excessive speed.
2.) He allowed the truck to build excessive speed and then tried to rely upon his brakes to slow it down. That caused the brakes to overheat, which would cause them to fail. Add to the mix, because trucks have air brakes over-reliance upon brakes depletes the air pressure faster than it can be rebuilt.
3.) He drove past not one, but THREE runaway truck ramps, which are specifically designed to allow trucks with failed brakes an escape route.
4.) My understanding is that the driver also had a very poor driving record.
There is another side of this coin. CDL training is woefully inadequate. Most drivers spend about three weeks at a truck driving school, and then a few weeks with a company trainer. There are no regulations that govern who may become a trainer, nor is there any mandatory structure for company trainers to follow.
When I began driving OTR about 20 years ago, my first trainer had no genuine interest in training. He was paid for miles, and not for training. My four weeks with him were pretty much time wasted. Fortunately, my next trainer (I went to work for a better company) was a very capable trainer. He took me from being a "steering wheel holder" to becoming a properly trained driver. He also taught me to drive the mountains. Being a native south Texan, I had no experience in driving on snow or ice, much less with a rig that weighed anywhere from 35 to 40 tons. So, my employer saw to it that I could receive additional training in snow, and in identifying black ice.
I find it a bit odd to think that a pilot has to hold a flight instructor's rating to teach a student to fly a C-152, but no special ratings or endorsements are required to train someone to handle a big truck that can easily turn into a 30 - 40-ton missile.
Good analysis dude.
Where did you source the 3 truck ramps piece? People keep brining it up, but I can't find an article that sites it.
Also, right on primo, you're from south Texas? Me too, where from?
Finally, a very insightful & lucid commentary.
You sound like you got years of experience but if you look at him he's a foreigner they barely give him the basics and then put them on the road most of them don't know how to drive they don't know anything about what you're talking about some of those guys are like little kids behind the wheel the ones that have more experience are the ones with the turbines I've seen them take the doors right off the trailer it actually made me laugh
This was a very one sided comment, first,, if this inexperienced driver tried shifting and was not able to sync the tranny back to the motor speed ,,, he was screwed.... "Beach bum" try to remember your early days of driving ,, I do !! This was a very unfortunate accident with some bad decisions made that warrants at the most 3-5 years max
@@ernestgonzalez941 3-5 years max for killing 4 people? You can see on the video he had quite a few opportunities to veer off the road instead of plowing into other motorists. Not to mention he passed 3 runaway ramps too. Those 4 people never get another day, and neither do their families and loved ones.
Imagine presenting a brake shoe, that was used as evidence, in the form of a trophy, with no signs over use, excessive ware, high temperatures... Nothing from what I can see tells me the lining on that shoe was ready to be replaced. The best salesman in the world couldn't sell you a replacement shoe if this was the existing shoe.
That wasn't from the case it was a pad a colleague purchased to have the trophy made.
So your point being that the brakes could not have failed?
A young truck driver in Saskatchewan Canada got 8 years for going through a stop sign with 16 and 13 charges causing bodily harm and death after hitting a bus full of hockey players. What a difference in sentencing.
So if you’re in government and negligently order a family in Afghanistan be killed in a drone strike, it’s just an accident, and no one is prosecuted. If you’re a hard working truck driver and make a mistake you’ll go to prison for a hundred years.
Did everyone know that the company that hired him disappeared off the face of the earth when this happened
Where is the link to this claim? This is very intriguing and want to know more about this…
@@abreathoffreshsports I've heard it from my dad who's a trucker
Uhhh. He knew his brakes were bad... and then didnt use the diversion ramp?
Okay. 80 years.
That's not reported, all that's reported was that the breaks were damaged either by excessive breaking OR due to the fire, the expert was inconclusive on that point.
He did miss the truck ramp, though.
@@comochinganconesto ......and one thing that NBC failed to mention. This driver could not speak, read or understand English......lots more of 'em out there......
@@urbanurchin5930 he was perfectly intelligible in english.
@@comochinganconesto he complained about the breaks before his trip.
@@JABS991 Wait... He complained about his breaks before his trip?!... As in he complained to his trucking company about the truck breaks?!?!
Why can't he barely speak English? I and many have come close to being killed by a truck drivers negligence, I've seen truckers purposely run drivers off the road and throw gravel onto vehicles, I'm glad Justice is holding them accountable!
His breaks failed, ur a monster if you think he deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison
The fact that he wasn't drunk, or under the influence should have been the only question, the fact that wrecking a vehicle is a crime, is enough for me to hate america.
The man was 23 when the accident happened - same age as me. I've made and learned from a lot of careless mistakes when driving. I would have no idea what to do if I was driving a semi and the brakes failed. Obviously, this guy should have known because he's a truck driver, and the people did not deserve to die because of his incompetence. However, a life sentence is way too much. 10 years in prison plus a life time of having to live with himself would have been more than enough punishment.
He gave 4 people life sentences because of his lies and conscious decisions. Why does he deserve such a light sentence?
@@hoffman5982 why do rapists and predators get minor sentences then? Yes this guys deserves to pay but how his sentence is more than actual criminal who hurts people on purpose ?
@@hoffman5982 because it might be proven as manslaughter if the accident happened from his negligence, but it’s not murder.
His breaks didn't fail he fell asleep 😴
4 people burned alive while they only had seconds to say goodbye to family and friends.. and to this world 🌎
This man is at fault and should pay for the lives he took
I feel so bad for everyone in this situation. I really hope his sentenced gets reduced. 110 years is severe
Missing 3 truck ramps on purpose and killing loved ones is very severe aswell, would you agree ?
He's a homicider
So yall think this was intentional? Just curious.
@@rawdawg9212 intentional no. He was negligent through and through. He had chances to prevent the tragedy whether it was engine braking or by going into a runaway ramp that he passed on multiple occasions.
Severe??????it is absolute insanity !!!!!!!!!
He killed 4 ppl.. he also neglected the emergency off ramp. Idk man... 4 ppl dead..
He deliberately drove into stopped cars instead of runaway truck ramps or anywhere else off the road.
This is far from an honest mistake.