Prosecutors on Friday filed 40 charges, including four counts of vehicular homicide, against a 23-year-old truck driver accused of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people on a Colorado highway last week. The truck was going at least 85 mph (137 kph) on a part of Interstate 70 where commercial vehicles are limited to 45 mph (72 kph), police say. The speeding truck had a "free and unobstructed path" to the ramp but instead swerved away from it, police said. Aguilera-Mederos was advised of the charges during a video court appearance Friday from jail, where he remained in custody on $400,000 bond. The charges also include six counts of first-degree assault and 24 counts of attempted first-degree assault.

Source: Fox News May 03, 2019 20:04 UTC