A man from Denver has been sentenced in connection to a road rage assault in Douglas County in 2020. Alberto Mota was sentenced by Douglas County District Court Judge Ryan Stuart to 10 years in prison on Oct. 21.
Mota pleaded guilty to several charges in the 2020 incident, including vehicular assault, felony menacing, child abuse and reckless endangerment.
According to prosecutors, Colorado state troopers were dispatched to a motorcycle crash on I-25 southbound near mile marker 187 just before 2 p.m. on Aug. 16, 2020. The investigation revealed that a group of motorcycles was traveling together in the left lane when a black Ford pickup truck swerved into one of the motorcycles, causing it to crash.
Before the crash, witnesses told investigators they saw the group of motorcycles pass the pickup truck and the driver of the truck began to chase them. Another witness turned over video of the incident to investigators which showed the truck aggressively changing lanes without signaling and then ramming into one motorcyclist which pushed him into a concrete barrier. The motorcyclist suffered a broken leg, ribs and collarbone.