Lakewood Police Department

FILE - This 2019 photograph provided by the Lakewood Police Department shows Rogel Aguilera-Mederos. Aguilera-Mederos, who was convicted successful October 2021 of causing a fiery pileup that killed 4 radical and injured six others connected Interstate 70 westbound of Denver successful April 2019, was sentenced Monday, Dec. 13 to 110 years successful prison. (Lakewood Police Department via AP, File)

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the situation condemnation of a motortruck operator convicted successful a deadly clang to 10 years, drastically reducing his archetypal 110-year word that drew wide outrage.

The determination Thursday connected Rogel Aguilera-Mederos' condemnation was among respective end-of-the-year commutations and pardons issued by Polis.

The determination comes days aft a justice scheduled a proceeding for adjacent period to reconsider the condemnation astatine the petition of the territory attorney, who had planned to inquire that it beryllium reduced to 20 to 30 years.

Around 5 cardinal radical signed an online petition seeking clemency for Aguilera-Mederos.

Judge Bruce Jones imposed the 110-year condemnation connected Dec. 13 aft uncovering it was the mandatory minimum word acceptable distant nether authorities law, noting it would not person been his choice.

The explosive 2019 clang killed 4 people.

Aguilera-Mederos testified that helium was hauling lumber erstwhile the brakes connected his semitrailer failed arsenic helium was descending a steep people of Interstate 70 successful the Rocky Mountain foothills.

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His motortruck plowed into vehicles that had slowed due to the fact that of different wreck, mounting disconnected a chain-reaction wreck and a fireball that consumed vehicles and melted parts of the highway.

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