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A truck driver who rammed into stopped traffic and killed four people was found guilty in court. the truck driver was convicted Friday of vehicular homicide and other charges, prosecutors said.

Cuban-born Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos was behind the wheel of the semi in April 2019, traveling at 85 mph, when the brakes failed, he told investigators at the time. He tried to pull over to the shoulder to avoid stopped traffic but another semi had already stopped there, according to an arrest affidavit.

The trucker was convicted of 6 vehicle murders, 6 1-time assaults, 10 attempts, 6 careless driving, and 1 reckless driving. The jury acquitted him of 15 additional counts of one attempted assault.

The sentencing was set on December 13. Aguilera Mederos faces decades of prison.
 

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