A Brighton man has been charged with vehicular murder and baby abuse leading to demise in a Commerce Metropolis crash that killed his daughter final week, in keeping with a information launch from the Adams County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
Aaron Aguirre-Garay, 40, was driving his truck on Interstate 76 on Feb. 12 when he crashed right into a fence, injuring himself and killing his daughter, in keeping with an arrest affidavit from the Commerce Metropolis Police Division.
Aguirre-Garay was charged with baby abuse inflicting demise, vehicular murder – reckless and vehicular murder – DUI within the crash, in keeping with the district lawyer’s workplace launch. The affidavit and the discharge don’t specify how previous the woman was.
A number of witnesses noticed Aguirre-Garay driving on a dust shoulder off the highway earlier than his truck veered towards a fence, probably due to a popped tire, in keeping with the report. One witness noticed the white truck swerve a number of instances earlier than the crash. One other one who went over to the automobile after the crash spoke to Aguirre-Garay and stated he smelled like alcohol. Witnesses discovered the woman mendacity on the bottom outdoors the truck.
In an interview with police, Aguirre-Garay slurred his speech and smelled of alcohol as he instructed officers he didn’t know what occurred within the crash, including that he believed somebody rear-ended his truck, in keeping with the affidavit. He stated he didn’t keep in mind if his daughter was sporting her seat belt.
Aguirre-Garay instructed police he had been consuming earlier that day however didn’t make clear precisely what number of alcoholic drinks he consumed, together with his solutions starting from two to 4 cans of beer. He denied a subject sobriety check and a blood alcohol check, the affidavit said.
When police contacted the woman’s mom, she stated she had simply spoken to her daughter, who stated on the time she “was executed with apply.” The woman was attending a “league program apply” at Regis College, in keeping with the report.
Aguirre-Garay, who was launched from Adams County Jail on a $100,000 bail, will seem for a preliminary listening to at 9 a.m. March 9 in Adams County District Court docket.
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