Oct 23, 2024
DENVER (KDVR) -- A 42-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being involved in a road rage incident in 2020 that left a motorcyclist seriously injured along Interstate 25 in Douglas County. The 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office announced the sentencing of the driver, Alberto Mota, on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to vehicular assault, two counts of felony menacing, child abuse and four counts of reckless endangerment. Couch on I-25 causes fiery crash; teen driver issues plea for drivers to secure loads Motorcyclist seriously injured in road rage incident In August 2020, Colorado State Patrol responded to a motorcycle crash on I-25 southbound near mile marker 187 to find a motorcyclist suffering from a broken leg, ribs and collarbone. Upon further investigation, officers determined it was from a road rage incident. According to the DA's office, witnesses reported seeing motorcyclists pass the pickup truck, who began to chase them. Video footage in the player above shows vehicle footage from the time of the crash. The video shows the truck switching lanes to get close to the motorcyclists, then hitting one rider into a concrete barrier. While Mota denied the road rage incident, the DA's office said investigators determined this assault as intentional after the witnesses and footage of the crash. The DA's office said Mota didn't have a valid driver's license at the time of the crash and he had multiple previous convictions for driving without a valid license dating as far back as 2001. There was also a child in his vehicle at the time of the crash. “Mr. Mota, who was driving with his daughter and without a valid license, lost his temper when four motorcyclists passed him on the highway,” Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Desits said in a press release. “He purposefully caught up to them and swerved his F-250 directly into one of the bikers in retaliation. He chose to endanger the lives of numerous people on the road that day because of his anger. Thankfully, with the dash camera capturing his actions on video, his attempt to blame the biker for the crash was not successful.”  If you witness a road rage incident on a public highway, report it to the Colorado State Patrol by dialing CSP or 277.
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