A tractor-trailer driver had been smoking marijuana when he crossed into oncoming lanes and caused a fiery crash with a dump truck that killed himself and the other driver earlier this year.
Daniel Seilheimer, 41, of Colorado Springs was driving a bobtail tractor for England Trucking south on Quebec Street the afternoon of May 27 when he veered into the oncoming lane in the 7500 block and collided head-on with a Waste Management truck.
Both trucks burst into flames, and Seilheimer and George Mendoza, 52, were killed, said Chris Dickey, spokesman for the Commerce City Police Department.
A later toxicology test determined that Seilheimer was under the influence of marijuana, Dickey said.
“His ability to safely operate a motor vehicle was significantly impaired,” he said.
From Post and wire reports
