Golden Transcript 100721

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October 7, 2021

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

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VOLUME 155 | ISSUE 42

Trial begins for Texas trucker charged in fiery I-70 crash Prosecutors say bad decisions to blame for deadly pile-up BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rowdy Demons fans had a lot to cheer about on Oct. 1, as Golden High School celebrated Homecoming with a parade and a big PHOTO BY BILL WAY win on the football field.

A great Golden Homecoming BY BILL WAY SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Golden High School football fans had a lot to celebrate at homecoming this year, including a parade with fans lining both sides of Washington Avenue and a 28-6 win over Standley Lake at Colorado School of Mines Marv Kay Stadium. The parade came down the hill on Washington Avenue, turning onto 12th Street towards Mines. It featured GHS sport teams

MORE HOMECOMING See more fun from Homecoming: Parade | P24 Game | P25 including football, boys and girls basketball, volleyball, baseball, bicyclists and lacrosse. In addition to the athletes, members of the GHS choir, jazz choir, 24th Street Singers, drum line and the marching band participated. Future GHS students from Mitchell Elemen-

tary and the Shelton Coyotes also participated. The Demons’ victory on the football field was not error-free, as they turned the ball over on three fumbles and one interception. Despite the turnovers, Standley Lake was unable to solve Golden’s aggressive defense and went scoreless until late in the fourth quarter. Golden’s record improves to 6-0 while Standley Lake drops to 2-4. Golden next takes on Wheat Ridge at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7, at Jeffco Stadium.

Opening statements in the trial for Rogel Aguilera-Maderos, the truck driver charged in a deadly crash that killed four people on eastbound I-70 in 2019, got underway Sept. 28. Aguilera-Maderos, facing a total of 41 counts, including vehicular homicide, had previously plead notguilty to all charges. He was hauling a load of lumber from Wyoming to Texas when the crash occurred. In opening arguments, prosecutors laid the blame for the April 25, 2019, accident on bad decisions made by Aguilera-Maderos. Both sides agree that brake failure caused the accident, but prosecutors pointed to video footage captured by other drivers of Aguilera-Maderos’ driving before the accident happened, as evidence that the deadly crash could have been averted. Describing the video, Prosecutor Kayla Wildeman said it shows the driver weaving through traffic at a high rate of speed, driving right by a runaway truck ramp. “Four lives in our community were lost because of what this case boils down to — bad decisions,” Wildeman said. SEE TRIAL, P6

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 19 | SPORTS: PAGE 25

A LONG WALK AHEAD

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