A 27-year-old Denver man was found guilty of five counts of vehicular homicide on Wednesday in a 2022 Weld County crash that killed a Wyoming family of five.
Jesus Puebla was found guilty of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, careless driving, reckless driving and two commercial vehicle traffic violations by a Weld County jury on Wednesday, according to court records.
Puebla was driving a 1999 Kenworth T800 box truck on the afternoon of June 13, 2022, when he crashed into a 2015 Ford Edge driven by 20-year-old Aaron Godines.
Godines and four passengers were killed in the crash – his parents, Emiliano and Christina Godines, who were 51 and 47; his wife, Halie Everts, 20; and their 3-month-old daughter, Tessleigh Godines.
The family was returning home to Gillette, Wyoming.
The crash occurred on northbound Interstate 25 near Colo. 66, and Puebla collided with two other vehicles in the crash, according to previous reporting. A Greeley man driving one of the other vehicles had minor injuries.
Puebla was driving 76 mph when he rear-ended Godines’ car, which was going about 6 mph because of backed-up traffic, according to police.
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His sentencing is set for June 21.
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