Multiple fatalities, 10 injured following fiery crash involving 11 cars, 4 semis on I-70

[@selenagodley2029]

God be with those killed and injured in this bad accident I live in North Carolina my prayers are with you😢🙏💔

[@daveroberts936]

Well trained truck drivers are in increasingly short supply because we are treated like shit and paid peanuts. These kinds of incidents, and the one in Humboldt, are just the beginning! So keep treating us like shit and screwing us out of pay! You can always hire highly skilled cheap labour from third world countries! Or, maybe not!

[@jimroberts7178]

You are right. When I grew up truck drivers were the most courteous people ok the road, they would flash their lights to let you know it was safe to return to the lane when passing etc. The trucking companies need to be looked at!

[@rodneycaupp5962]

I know two Truckers Personally, who were treated like shit. One worked For Schneider , the other worked for UPS. The UPS driver was hurt badly on the job, and UPS has had a team of Lawyers fucking him for almost 4 years now. When manufacturing jobs were sent to China, Truckers saw NAFTA DRIVERS take their jobs,,,, not that those third world idiots can do their jobs.

[@willywonka521]

Yes so true 👍

[@underdog7495]

I drive a semi truck and coming east bound into Denver on I-70 is tough. Especially if your load is heavy. He probably burned his brakes out coming down that steep hill

[@bellaemma2020]

Under Dog and he still had ramps to ditch it

[@thatawesomedude9274]

Was a empty flatbed

[@underdog7495]

Candy O Right, he should've used one of the runaway ramps. I guess he panicked once he couldn't stop the truck and wasn't thinking logically

[@underdog7495]

fuckthekkklintons He was hauling a flatbed full of lumber. That was those white sticks that you see laying on the road in the pileup. That load is easily 35k pounds, not including the weight of the truck and trailer

[@thatawesomedude9274]

@@underdog7495 still careless. Sad no matter what

[@m.a.vestal8253]

Horrible.... Prayers sent...

[@danor6812]

I drive truck over the road. Been doing this for 35 years. When I seen the guy's video of the live stream. You see smoke coming from under the trailer in front of the tires, as well as a trail of smoke after he passes. Which means he burnt his breaks up. When that happens. A truck can't stop because they no longer have, any breaks. This happens when a driver rides his breaks to keep slowing down the truck. Which they have to do when they are in too high of a gear when coming down a hill. Or at times, riding the breaks in traffic for too long. With speeding up and hitting the breaks again and again in traffic. When this happens. It's all driver error. This driver rode his breaks too hard. Which caused break failure. How his breaks were smoking as he passed that car. He didn't have any breaks anymore. There was no way he was stopping that truck. The driver is at fault, not the equipment.

[@tx2sturgis]

Yep, this all comes down to lack of driver training and the shortage of qualified, experienced truck drivers who KNOW what they are doing. Any warm body with a pulse is handed a CDL now.

[@bahijaamin9518]

I would hate to be that driver right now

[@cpmffeilberg4970]

So would i.

[@mattmoschkau2831]

Well he is going to get a bed, medical care and 3 meals a day, which is better than a lot of truck drivers get.

[@Mr.G626]

it was 100% avoidable though. he blew past runaway ramps. he either did it on purpose or it was out of pure negligence. i used to drive semis, and we are held to higher standards than regular drivers. i would have put the truck in a ditch rather than slam into vehicles stuck in traffic. something just does not seem right to me about this incident.

[@gollycom]

Fuck that worthless,useless prick😬😬

[@mattmoschkau2831]

jas He couldn’t read English, they suspect as he descended Eisenhower pass into Denver he never took any actions to prepare for the grade, he possibly suspected he could ride it out because he was unaware of what was ahead. This is the result of not being able to read the signs and not being adequately trained how to handle such an emergency. Years ago they did teach drivers how to ditch a truck or even lay it over if needed, today they don’t teach anything really.

[@dawnsparling6226]

So devastating thoughts and prayers go out to all involved!

[@willywonka521]

The trucking school should be held responsible and closed down

[@ShaneCarles]

I'm not taking up for the driver of the truck, but if he didn't do this on purpose, his Diesel Engine could have been a runaway and he panicked by not taking the truck out of gear and slowing down with the breaks. Just a guess though. Diesel engines can go wide open throttle even with the ignition off and become a runaway situation. But that's what the transmission is for unless it got locked up from the torque. He was using the emergency lane until it ran out and at that point it was head on with the embankment of the road overhead. I'm not sure what the better option would have been, heading up that embankment and into the traffic up there, or heading into the direction he went. So sad this happened. I'm praying for these families!

[@ffjsb]

A runaway diesel engine is an EXTREMELY rare occurrence. The driver clearly didn't know what he was doing and shouldn't have been behind the wheel of a truck.

[@midnightryder611]

It’s not the engine running away. It is from being in too high a gear. Trucks are designed to use the power of the engine to control the weight down the mountain. If the truck goes into neutral, the brakes will quickly burn up. Now you have neither engine braking or service breaks. The truck is defined as runaway. There’s no coming back. You must ditch on an emergency runaway ramp. The engine remains at idle as 80000 lbs propel you faster and faster down the mountain

[@ShaneCarles]

In Burgers live stream video when the truck goes by just before the accident, you can hear the engine is loaded up and at high RPM.

[@midnightryder611]

Shane Carles people will hear it differently, but I am confident that you hear 80,000 lbs rolling across concrete at incredible speed with Doppler Effect. Regardless, investigators I am sure will have access to telemetry. If the engine was opened up you woulda heard it coming earlier. Thankfully you are not making an argument that this driver propelled this truck wide open into stopped traffic intentionally . I do hear your argument and based on my experience I would strongly disagree.

[@TheTWEEK95]

When you say runaway, do you mean like when oil starts getting sucked into the intake and the engine uses it as fuel?

[@lionswimmer4637]

People on here talking trash about how the driver should fry and how he should've sacrificed his own life, are moronic, heartless and clueless. Obviously, the driver didn't know he would encounter a back-up ahead that was due to yet a different crash; and anyone in his situation would be looking for a place to get to safety. If he had driven off the road, his rig would've rolled, and who knows how many casualties there would've been then. Harsh, cruel, and idiotic Monday Morning Quarterbacking does NOT help this tragic situation. Likely, ANY person (human organism) would've responded the way the truck driver did, driving in the Emergency Lane and trying to find an opening into which to drive his truck safely out of traffic. Spare the atrocious judgment, and look at this realistically and kindly. Please.

[@newdimension4731]

Lionswimmer have you ever drove in a semi? do you know HOW FAR you can see ahead? 1 mile ahead even more, so, the semi driver going extremely fast on the service road knew the traffic had stopped. So why did he continue driving fast instead of slowing down tremendously and putting on his 4 ways?

[@lionswimmer4637]

@@newdimension4731 When I wrote the above comment, I'd read that his brakes had failed. Conversely, after I wrote the above comments, I also read that he'd passed two runaway truck ramps; so that changes my opinion. Then again, further complicating things is when I heard the Police Rep state on video that problems to other drives may have been caused if the driver had taken one of the runaway truck ramps. So, I'm now waiting for all the evidence to come in...which is the sensible thing to do in the first place.

[@midnightryder611]

lionswimmer there is no question his best option after going runaway was to utilize the emergency ramp. These ramps have been used for years specifically to avoid this. No other traffic would have been involved, and chances are his rig would have remained upright and intact.

[@skoomd4447]

New Dimension How exactly do you slow down at all without brakes?

[@lionswimmer4637]

@@skoomd4447 Downshift?

[@andrewengland971]

Dude that truck was flying.

[@jenniferdavis3831]

Same here in NY ..matter of fact my I was rear ended last March 21st and because they don't pay attention!

[@monp.4903]

Hope you were not hurt. Yes, most people are idiots, and their IQ lowers even more when driving.

[@misledprops]

Why do people thank god when it was another accident which had first responders in the vicinity. Less praises should go to an imaginary friend, more praise should be going towards people’s competency and good nature. Give credit to the real, tangible people that truly deserve it.

[@yourenough3]

Wow! How sad!

[@creaturesintheclouds5141]

am praying for yall from texas ...

[@geminizodiac7123]

They are withholding something. Cars don’t just explode like that.

[@PAUL_K]

you mean like this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6OoZq1sjZejgpI

[@rodsapyta7059]

WHEN HIT, by a SEMI TRUCK , SORRY,,, YES THEY WILL,,.I have 10 Million miles and 30 plus years. in a SEMI TRUCK,.I have seen it all. NEVER BREAK CHECK A SEMI..Truck. YOU WILL DIE..!!

[@rgarito]

Gasoline indeed DOES explode like that. Are you new on this planet?

[@antoinemarch1775]

@@rodsapyta7059 SEMI TRUCK DRIVERS NEED TO STOP WHEN THERE IS TRAFFIC.

[@Grayfox01]

It was an inside job. Don't trust the video evidence

[@carriebizz]

Omg that truck was absolutely speeding! Omg that is horrific. Oh heaven forbid that people will need to find an alternative route to work 'sarcasm '

[@ransom6892]

Burger Planet saw it all

[@Barth78]

He's all over ever news cx

[@davidplaster4576]

From what I gather, the state of Colorado and the Colorado DOT is just as criminally wrong in this accident. The investigation officer point blank stated the reason as to why both accidents occurred that day. That reason is: CONGESTION!! In fact, he made it out that just like any other day, congestion on I-70 is a problem everyday. The DOT knew that this interstate area is a hotspot for congestion, and they did NOTHING to alleviate that congestion in the many years that they knew about it. They KNEW that there was going to be slowdowns and stop and go traffic on this freeway, and guess what? The worst thing to have on a freeway with vehicles going 70+MPH is to have vehicles stop!! Go ahead, slam on your brakes doing 70 miles an hour, you will find out real quick as another vehicle is going to rear end your butt doing 70, and you will be dead!! Now, take an out of state driver, who lost control of his big rig, and you want him to know that this hotspot exists? You want him to stop, take evasive maneuvers, slam in the ditch at the last minute with a company vehicle, and not expect this outcome? If you do, you are high on crack, and need serious psychological help!! It is the responsibility of the local, state, and federal governments to provide tax paying citizens with SAFE and RELIABLE road networks, and yet our roads get an "D" rating by Army Corps of Engineering. That is based on a road network that was designed and built in the 19th and 20th century. Fast forward to the 21st Century (the one that we are in now), and the road network in this country get an "F" rating. The fact that this type of accident doesn't happen more often by in itself is an act of god!! Our governments blow trillions of dollars on pork projects, and yet blame the citizens for having to deal with the lackluster attempts by the governments to do what they are supposed to do.

[@lucylouxxx797]

😔 RIP ❤️

[@JamesJohnson-ro2jq]

Being a truck driver myself. When I hear reports speak it fluently shows ignorance of what the driver that started this Disaster was going through. I know, this happened to me. Fortunately, nobody was killed and I was able to get the damn truck stoppedk.

[@ciscoa2thez895]

God bless them😥

[@smokefast90606]

I have been driving for a good 18 years and losing your foot brakes is bad but the engine brake can slow the truck down the driver here had no experience and poor training most truck driving schools show you how to pass a test but not how to be a trucker I lost brakes once going up the grapevine made it to the bottom got the truck stopped

[@monp.4903]

I would be heart broken to see my car burning like in this accident. Horrible that multiple people were killed due to stupidity and negligence of one idiot. RIP to the victims and wish the survivors a speedy recovery.

[@dakotam2800]

Let's not ignore the fact that the last standing vehicle was a Beauty Rest semi. Creepy!

[@RJ-rt7qh]

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[@RJ-rt7qh]

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[@eemage9476]

Fun fact: The NHTSA study looked at the major accident causes, and they found that a mere two percent of accidents were caused by the environment, another two percent were caused by the vehicles, and 2 percent came from "unknown" causes. A full 94 percent, meanwhile, where caused by human error. Believe me, you will find millions of people against autonomous vehicles no matter how low their accident rate may be.

[@johnthemachine]

HAL9000 is that you???

[@eemage9476]

@@johnthemachine Yes I'm so I coming for you. By the way, I will never touch you.

[@eemage9476]

@M Detlef You are 100% right. Cheers!

[@midnightryder611]

Autonomous trucks will know how to come down a mountain. They will know to take the emergency ramp in case of equipment failure. This right here supports the need for totally autonomous.

[@demonorse]

Same shit happened in Michigan, on US 23, southbound near Brighton.

[@offgridjack5779]

The 23 year-old driver is from Cuba, has a green card, a CDL from Texas and supposedly can't speak or read English and passed by at least ONE runoff ramp that could have prevented all of this. I guess he couldn't read the sign???

[@remoteturtle1546]

not matter where he its from its am accident can be a american to

[@lindadanz8397]

DO NOT JUDGE SO FAST !!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST MAYBE HIS BREAKS WENT AND HE PROBABLY FEELS HORRIBAL. IT'S NOT UP TO YOU TO JUDGE !!!!!!! GOD WILL DO THAT NOT YOU JUST BE GLAD YOUR STILL ALIVE AND PRAISE THE LORD

[@MileHighShootinLooting]

I think you need MORE EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jenniferdavis3831]

@ Linda Danz HORRIBLE

[@ronsandberg1472]

Dont speak to subjects you know nothing about. As a former truck driver I can tell you that his brakes failed because he was driving too fast in too high of a gear and he " melted" those brake shoes. It is the drivers responsibility to be sure his brakes are adjusted and to maintain control of his vehicle. He should serve time for his negligence.

[@newdimension4731]

still could of use the emergency brake: the trailer brake my dear. And DO HIS GODDAM INSPECTION OF BRAKES before taking the road.

[@mattmoschkau2831]

Plasser1000 He was only 23, I bet he did have some huge issues if he started driving in 2000... like being able to reach the pedals of his tricycle.

[@LovesGaze]

Talk about sh** happens! Wow

[@EarthquakeStar]

Was that truck in his live cam video supposed to be the truck that caused the accident? Because he started screaming just as it went by him. I don’t think he captured anything except his reaction to what was happening in front of him.

[@mitchio83]

His reaction was from the speeding truck passing him.. Not sure what you're really trying to say.

[@user-cs3zs6jn1d]

I work at a truck stop and this is all I've been hearing for the past couple of days. Honestly if people like the moron who caught the guy flying by on camera would put the fucking phone down and pay attention a lot of this shit wouldn't happen.how ever I think the truck driver was passed out or pissed off .

[@GH-oi2jf]

No, the driver was in the wrong gear, had fried his brakes, and didn’t know what to do. He got stuck in neutral trying to shift at high speed.

[@troyb.4101]

A lack of training, maybe the Truck was over loaded, maybe it had mechanical problems. One year driving is a rookie, lack of skills. The trucking industry doesn't feel the need to pay drivers good so this could be the result. I quit driving years ago, at that time I thought I could make more at McDonalds and at least be at home.

[@bonchance7705]

Prayers and condolences go out to all were involved in this tragic crash! Can't figure out why is it the majority of the time the driver who causes these deadly accidents seems to have survival skills of an airplane's black box. Probably God's way of saying you ain't getting away with this so easily

[@marshalwhitehurst7358]

Someone Please help me understand WHY women put a ring in their nose ? I know WHY they put Rings in a COWS NOSE ?

[@chrisrees7054]

Terrible accident and you are concerned about a pearced nose?

[@iamamoth]

Did she just say "HER along with many other drivers told me that..." at 03:55? A reporter shouldn't be making mistakes like that.

[@LuckyTheCat777]

Maybe you should train her better

[@iamamoth]

@@LuckyTheCat777 whatever you mean by that...

[@germainemontgomery3440]

What about the homeless hero? Doesn't fit the anti homeless propaganda?

[@masonjohnson4569]

Does anybody know the drivers name???

[@eemage9476]

23 years old, Rogel Lazaro Aguilera. He is not from the area. Authorities said there is no indication it was intentional and they do not believe drugs or alcohol were a factor.

[@rachelmanor1344]

A Chinese guy named Oh Fuk🤪

A 23 year old. Figures. A Mexican. Figures. More than likely a fucking illegal.

[@masonjohnson4569]

@ actually his brother said Rogel is Cuban. In Texas illegals can have a drivers license it just says non-resident.

[@mariofelix7857]

@ just shut up u fucking racist

[@bellaemma2020]

This driver did this on purpose! He had opportunity to ditch it. He continues to kill others!

[@butteredtank9471]

Candy O no dumbass he lost his breaks, freaked out from lack of experience, and crashed. I’d like to see you in a runaway semi

[@midnightryder611]

ButteredTank Candy O is right. He had multiple chances to ditch. This is negligence not malicious. He should have been trained better. You couldn’t imagine how fast all this happens. Most likely he come off the top of the mountain in high gear chumming along at 70mph. The engine brake will hold it somewhat, but it continues to build speed. This is where the driver begins to brake. Prolonged and excessive brake pressure will heat up and begin to burn the pads and shoes. This I assume is where he tried shifting to a lower gear, and what resulted in total loss of control. I would wager this happened at exactly the time he went by the emergency ramp and nearly clipped a pick up making that left hander. It appears to me that the driver came out of gear at this point.

[@bellaemma2020]

ButteredTank ok honey see I drive one for a living and yes I would of thought save others and he had a chance to save others and his self. He did this intentionally.

[@bubbleoftrouble2329]

Burger Planet was there.

[@jerrycrouch1223]

Put that Driver Deep in Prison, Driver should have sacrificed there own life not other's

[@thomasbrazzile236]

It was sunday so this only means people's should had they asses home ..so really they cost they own death by being on the interstate on a sunday ..so to bad for them he shouldn't be charged with nothing ..

[@jameschatham2816]

Actually this happened Thursday the 25th

[@1968taddpole]

Fossil fuel, diesel fuel, I don't care any and all combustion engine vehicles need to fade away. If these were electric vehicles many people would be alive today.

[@johndueterer7480]

In case you haven't been paying attention to news about electric car crashes over the past couple years, they DO catch fire and the fires are extremely difficult to extinguish. Typically the car and its passengers are burnt beyond recognition.

[@redneckhippiefreak]

Nice demonstration of ignorance

[@bellaemma2020]

Tadd Spencer I doubt it

[@anthonymolina7416]

Batteries explode too

[@MOTOFIENDXXX-jr3qv]

1 question: WAS THAT DRIVER MUSLIM??? (being a "wannabe ISIS piece of crap???")

[@dakotashea3561]

I hope that driver fries.

[@robertgauthier3489]

fucking truck to fast truck is killer to fast simpel

[@13orrax]

can you imagine? one minute youre just driving home with your family, you go under the bridge and notice the pile up. you come to a stop just inches from the wreckage. you look and check. everyone is ok just a little shaken up. then you hear the horn from a large pick up truck as it slams into the back of your car, pushing into the pile up so hard that escape is impossible. then the gas ignites

[@BlairBryngelson]

Jesus

[@keyboardfreedomfighter5734]

the "look and check." part is where you fucked up. Fk all that, get your ass home. That's the same shit you see in those horror movies "lemme just go investigate this scenario", see. See? N that's what gets you, it ain't gonna get me.

[@brucethomas3100]

Thanks to Cross Border Trucking. Driver may be from Mexico trying to deliver a load picked up between Denver and the west coast after delivering his initial load on the west coast from Mexico. Probably can't read english, thought runaway truck ramps were ranch road exits. Only one of the problems of Cross Border Trucking.

[@ffjsb]

NOT an explosion, it's fuel from ruptured tanks igniting.

[@geminizodiac7123]

ffjsb now that’s completely logical actually

[@ffjsb]

@@geminizodiac7123 I try...

[@rickwilliams9025]

Was the person that was vlogging Receive a citation for video and texting while his motor vehicle was in motion He stated he was live streaming which is against the law no matter who you u are..

[@ZacheryRomero]

Rick Williams Bad grammar, dude.

[@GH-oi2jf]

If it’s hands-free it is not illegal. Lots of vehicles have dash cams.

[@reginageorge8080]

It was just a dash cam

[@shakazulu5819]

He drove past numerous escape ramps. This should have never happened if only he can speak and READ English. Ridiculous

[@GH-oi2jf]

It wasn’t just a language problem. If you are learning about escape ramps by reading the signs, it’s too late. If you learn about them before you start driving in the mountains, you don’t need to read the sign to recognize them. He just wasn’t trained in descending steep grades and got in trouble.

[@LambsBreath2]

He doesnt know english. Couldnt read the "runaway truck ramp" sign