Truck driver pleads in deadly I-70 crash

The 27-year-old California immigrant that killed a mother and daughter in an August 2024 crash on I-70, agreed to a plea deal yesterday in Boone County Court.

Walter Montejo killed Melvina Collin of Colorado and her daughter, Cindy Helms of Tennessee, when his tractor trailer crossed the median and hit a U-Haul head-on.

He now faces reduced charges: two counts of second-degree involuntary manslaughter and one count of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault…

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