Truck driver cited for careless driving after falling asleep and causing fatal I-70 crash that killed 18-year-old
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Summary
A truck driver, Rayshawn Cox (32), fell asleep at the wheel on I-70 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, causing his truck to veer off the road and flip perpendicular across the highway. This led to a crash involving four oncoming vehicles that killed an 18-year-old man and seriously injured another driver and a passenger. Cox was cited for careless driving resulting in death and two counts of careless driving causing serious bodily injury.
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Rayshawn Cox, 32, was cited on suspicion of careless driving resulting in death and two counts of careless driving causing serious bodily injury, Wheat Ridge police spokesperson Alex Rose said.
The crash killed an 18-year-old man and seriously injured another driver and a passenger in the truck.
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