Prosecutor seeks reduced sentence for truck driver who got 110 years for fatal crash

Prosecutors are asking the court for a reduced sentence for Rogel Aguilera Mederos, the truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a 2019 fatal crash.

Prosecutors filed a motion earlier this month asking for a reduced sentence for Rogel Aguilera Mederos, the truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a 2019 fatal crash on I-70 outside Denver that killed four people and injured several others.

District Attorney Alexis King is set to ask the court to reconsider Mederos' original sentence and suggest a range of 20-30 years behind bars instead.

"As the jury found, Mr. Aguilera-Mederos knowingly made multiple active choices that resulted in the death of four people, serious injuries to others, and mass destruction," King said in a statement obtained by ABC News. "This sentencing range reflects an appropriate outcome for that conduct, which was not an accident."

The motion to reconsider the sentence comes after the case garnered national attention. A Change.org petition advocated for a commutation for Mederos, saying the crash was “not intentional.” Nearly 5 million people have signed the online petition.