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NTSB investigating deadly BNSF coal train derailment in Colorado

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The National Transportation Safety Board is sending investigators after a BNSF coal train derailed...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Versatile and manoeuvrable bridge erection boats for Puerto Rico Army National Guard

Birdon, through its US-based company Birdon America, recently handed over fourteen M30 Bridge Erection Boats (BEBs) to the US Army National Guard to replace the Puerto Ri ..

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US Army National Guard takes delivery of bridge erection boats

Colorado-based Birdon recently delivered 14 bridge erection boats (BEBs) to the US Army National Guard at Salinas, Puerto Rico. The primary mission of the BEBs is to prov ..

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Big dig: DOTs buried in snowplow driver shortages

Many states have been trying to dig themselves out of snowplow driver shortages in recent years, forcing them to step up their recruiting, training and retention strategies.

According to a UPI report, Montana is missing half of its temporary drivers this year. As of early December, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation had hired just 40% of its usual seasonal workers. And in Kansas City, Missouri, transportation officials have been scrambling to onboard new plow drivers to fill a 30% gap...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/big-dig-dots-buried-in-snowplow-driver-shortages

Strong snowstorm heading through the Rockies

Truckers will run into a potentially strong snowstorm in the Rockies the next two days. Major disruptions to freight flows and supply chains are unlikely, but carriers, shippers and customers should expect potential minor to moderate delays.

Related: Chaining up: 4 pro tips for truckers

The storm began Monday night and will continue to dump snow in the Colorado Rockies, as well as the plains of eastern Colorado and western Kansas. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/strong-snowstorm-heading-through-the-rockies

Reaction mixed after trucker’s prison term slashed to 10 years

The reaction has been divided after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis reduced the prison sentence for a truck driver convicted of causing a fatal crash that killed four people in 2019.

Polis reduced the prison term of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos from 110 years to 10 years after calling the sentence imposed “highly atypical and unjust” in a letter released Thursday night.

Attorney James Colgan, who represents Aguilera-Mederos, told FreightWaves his client “is very, very appreciative of what the governor did.” 

“...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/reaction-mixed-after-truckers-prison-term-slashed-to-10-years

Colorado governor reduces truck driver’s sentence to 10 years

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis agreed Thursday to reduce the sentence of truck driver Rogel L. Aguilera-Mederos to 10 years, with parole eligibility scheduled in five years on Dec. 30, 2026.

Aguilera-Mederos had been given a 110-year prison sentence after being found guilty in October of four counts of vehicular homicide and 23 other charges stemming from his involvement in a 2019 accident. 

“The clemency power is reserved for only the most unique and deserving cases,” Gov. Polis wrote in a letter to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/colorado-governor-reduces-truck-drivers-sentence-to-10-years

El camionero condenado por el accidente de Colorado podría ver reducida su pena de prisión

Un juez ha programado una audiencia el 13 de enero para reconsiderar la sentencia de 110 años de Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, un conductor de camión que fue condenado en un accidente de 2019 que mató a cuatro personas en Colorado.

En un movimiento inusual, la audiencia de resentencia se produjo a petición del fiscal del 1er distrito judicial Alexis King, el fiscal del caso, quien dijo que su oficina recomendará una sentencia de 20 a 30 años.

“Este es un caso excepcional, y requiere un proceso...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/el-camionero-condenado-por-el-accidente-de-colorado-podria-ver-reducida-su-pena-de-prision

Truck driver convicted in Colorado crash may get prison time cut

A judge has scheduled a Jan. 13 hearing to reconsider the 110-year sentence of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, a truck driver who was convicted in a 2019 accident that killed four people in Colorado.

In an unusual move, the resentencing hearing came at the request of 1st Judicial District Attorney Alexis King, the prosecutor in the case, who said her office will recommend a sentence of 20 to 30 years.

“This is an exceptional case, and it requires an exceptional process,” King said Monday during a press...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-driver-convicted-in-colorado-crash-may-get-prison-time-cut

Kardashian lends support to truck driver convicted in Colorado crash

Celebrity and criminal justice reform activist Kim Kardashian has joined the public outcry over a 110-year sentence handed down to a truck driver convicted in a deadly 2019 Colorado crash. 

On Tuesday, Kardashian her support for 26-year-old Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, asking Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to grant clemency in the case.

I pray that Governor Polis, who has been a leader on supporting reforms that increase human dignity in the legal system, will commute his sentence.

— Kim Kardashian...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kardashian-tweets-for-clemency-for-rogel-aguilera-mederos

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