'True carnage': Semi truck driver charged in horrific Colorado crash that killed 4 originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

A semi driver is facing homicide charges after four people were killed in a horrific, fiery crash involving 28 vehicles on a Colorado highway, officials said Friday.

Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 23, of Texas, is being charged with four counts of vehicular homicide, police said.

The accident occurred Thursday about 4:30 p.m. when a semitrailer traveling at a high rate of speed slammed into several stopped cars during a traffic jam, police said.

PHOTO: First responders battle flames after a fiery crash involving several cars and trucks on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near Denver, April 25, 2019. (KMGH) More

Four semis and 24 cars were involved in the crash, officials said Friday.

Joshua McCutchen said he noticed a semi barreling down the emergency lane before he saw fire, smoke and explosions.

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"I've never seen that many cars and that much destruction and fire," he told "Good Morning America." "It was just complete chaos."

PHOTO: Authorities said there were 'multiple fatalities' in an 11-car, four-semi crash on Interstate 70 in Denver, Colo., on Thursday, April 25, 2019. (KMGH) More

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Six people were taken to hospitals in unknown conditions after the crash Thursday on Interstate 70 in Lakewood, about 8 miles west of Denver.

Officials said Friday they're working to identify the victims.

PHOTO: First responders battle flames after a fiery crash involving several cars and trucks on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near Denver, April 25, 2019. (KMGH) More

Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos was not seriously injured, officials said.

There was no evidence of drugs or alcohol, and no indication he intentionally caused the crash, officials said.

PHOTO: Firefighters battle flames after a fiery crash involving several cars and trucks on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near Denver, April 25, 2019. (KMGH) More

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Lakewood Police spokesman Ty Countryman said Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos "can't stop, doesn’t stop, and ends up colliding with several cars. And a result of that, the fire ensues."

PHOTO: Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos is seen here in an undated mug shot. (Lakewood Police) More

Countryman said the accident could end up being one of the worst in the city's history.

"It is true carnage there as far as the debris, what's left of cars and trucks, along with the cargoes that were in the semis," Countryman said.

PHOTO: Authorities said there were 'multiple fatalities' in an 11-car, four-semi crash on Interstate 70 in Denver, Colo., on Thursday, April 25, 2019. (KMGH) More

Brian Dickey, who was caught up in the accident, told Denver ABC affiliate KMGH that the back of his truck "lifted up and shoved me forward."

"I was hitting other cars. When I came to a stop, I look in my rear view mirror and all I saw was a bunch of flames" he said. "And I jumped out of the vehicle as fast as I could. There was so much fire at the time that I couldn't even really approach any of the other vehicles to see if there was any other survivors or what."

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