The driver of a tractor-trailer involved in a fatal six-vehicle collision on U.S. 285 last week told police he lost his brakes before the crash, according to an arrest affidavit.
Ignacio Cruz Mendoza, 47, is a Mexican citizen who is in the United States illegally and who was removed from or voluntarily left the country 16 times since 2002,June 11 after police say he lost control of his tractor-trailer while driving southbound on U.S. 285 near Aspen Park around 5 p.m.Colorado State Patrol
Mendoza later told troopers he lost his brakes before the crash and was unsure when the vehicle was last inspected. A tag on tractor-trailer showed the last inspection was in 2020, CSP troopers wrote in the affidavit. One of Colorado's least-visited canyonlands could become a national monument -- but would that lead to overcrowding?PHOTOS: Final ski day at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
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