Less than two hours after one of its drivers was involved in a crash that killed five people on a Colorado highway, a trucking company tried to buy insurance, according to court documents.
At 2:49 p.m., Lucky 22, the now-defunct trucking company, made the request to add the involved truck to its policy, Artisan and Truckers Casualty Co. alleged in the complaint.The insurance claim comes amid serious questions about the safety history of the trucking company, based in the Denver suburb of Arvada.
Jesus Puebla was going about 76 mph when his 1999 Kenworth T800 box truck rear-ended the family’s Ford Edge SUV. Federal trucking records show Caminantes drivers previously operated trucks without a commercial driver’s license and employed drivers under 21 years old, among other violations. Caminantes had 92 trucks operating on U.S. roads and highways, Lawson said. None of their drivers were covered with insurance.