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'Frantically Trying to Get Out': Colorado Officer Placed on Leave After 20-Year-Old Woman Was Hit By a Freight Train While She Was Handcuffed In His Patrol Car Parked on Tracks

A young Colorado woman detained by police was seriously injured after getting hit by a freight train as she sat in the back of a patrol car. The cop, who
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Woman seriously hurt after Colorado police car she was placed in is hit by a train

The 20-year-old woman was placed in the back of a police vehicle, which the train hit, while officers searched her car.
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A young Colorado woman detained by police was seriously injured after getting hit by a freight train as she sat in the back of a patrol car. The cop, who parked his car on the train tracks, has been placed on paid leave as officials investigate the accident.

On Friday, Sept. 16, Yareni Rios-Gonzalez was taken into custody by an officer from the Platteville Police Department on suspicion of felony menacing, possibly an act of road rage in Fort Lupton, Colorado, involving a gun. Once he detained her, he placed the young woman in the back of his cruiser.

The cop left the 20-year-old in his squad car, which was parked on the train track crossing near U.S. 85 and County Road 38, north of Platteville, near Denver, to join Fort Lupton officers to search the woman’s vehicle that she parked a few feet away from the tracks, NBC News reports

While the police officer and two other cops from the Fort Lupton Police department searched Rios-Gonzalez’s truck, a train traveling northbound struck the patrol car with the suspect in it, leaving the Greely, Colorado, resident in serious condition.

A video of the incident has been released. It shows one officer shouting at another, “move your car” before the other cop looks at the car, turns to look at the train, and then walks off the tracks just before the locomotive smashes into the police cruiser.

The TSA agent sustained nine broken ribs, a fractured sternum, a broken arm, and many other injuries to her head, back, and legs. Though her injuries are severe, a report on Sunday, Sept. 18, said she was expected to live.
 
Don’t they write tickets for parking on train tracks? Hard to fathom that could have been accidental
 
Train tracks that are still active should have that barrier that comes down and some lights indicating one is coming

Self preservation kicked in for them. Seemed like there was time enough someone could have hopped in the front seat and moved the car before it hit

But of course that's asking too much
 
mike030270 said:
Train tracks that are still active should have that barrier that comes down and some lights indicating one is coming

Self preservation kicked in for them. Seemed like there was time enough someone could have hopped in the front seat and moved the car before it hit

But of course that's asking too much
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#BlueLivesMatter right?
 
Nah… it gotta be laws on the books making it illegal to be this stupid.

You can hear the train coming and that cop looked dead ass into that bright ass light approaching and it didn’t click
 



Two police officers in Colorado have been charged nearly two months after a 20-year-old was seriously injured when she was struck by a train while handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol SUV parked on a railroad crossing.

Jordan Steinke of the Fort Lupton Police Department was charged with one count of criminal attempt to commit manslaughter and one count of second degree assault, both felonies, as well as one count of reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor, the Weld County District Attorney's Office said in a statement Monday.

Pablo Vazquez of the Platteville Police Department was charged with five misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment; one count of obstructing highway or other passageway, a petty offense; one count of careless driving, a traffic infraction, and one count of parking where prohibited, also a traffic infraction.
 

A police officer in Colorado who placed a handcuffed suspect into a police SUV that was then hit by a train, was sentenced to supervised probation and public service, her attorney said.

Fort Lupton officer Jordan Steinke will serve 30 months of supervised probation and 100 hours of public service, according to attorney Mallory A. Revel.

In July, Judge Timothy Kerns found the former officer guilty of reckless endangerment and third-degree assault, but found her not guilty of a felony charge of criminal attempt to commit manslaughter, CNN previously reported.

“There’s no reasonable doubt that placing a handcuffed person in the back of a patrol car parked on railroad tracks creates a substantial and unjustifiable risk of harm by the train,” Kerns said while reading the verdict.

Steinke had joined a traffic stop in Weld County, Colorado, last September, pulling over Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, who was suspected of brandishing a gun at another driver in a road rage case earlier that evening.

Steinke placed Rios into the cruiser of Platteville police officer Pablo Vasquez, who was the first to arrive on the scene and parked in the middle of a marked railroad crossing.

Body camera and dash camera video released by police showed Rios screaming for help as the train approached and struck the vehicle. She suffered nine broken ribs and a broken arm in addition to other injuries, but survived the crash.

Steinke spoke directly to Rios prior to her sentencing.

“I understand, recognize and empathize that Ms. Rios-Gonzalez and her family have endured a great deal of physical, emotional and psychological pain,” Steinke said. “As a police officer, I never intended for another human to come to harm under my watch. I feel very much responsible for what happened to you that night. What happened that night has haunted me for 364 days.”

Rios’ attorney also told the court that Rios did not feel strongly about Steinke serving jail time and felt “very sorry” for her instead.
 
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Colorado police sergeant who parked car on train tracks, injuring handcuffed woman, pleads guilty

Former Platteville Police Sgt. Pablo Vazquez pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment. He parked his car on railroad tracks before another officer put a handcuffed woman inside. She was seriously injured when a train struck the car.
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A former Colorado police sergeant pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment in a case related to him parking his car on railroad tracks before a collision with a train. Another officer put a handcuffed woman named Yareni Rios-Gonzalez inside. She was seriously injured when a train struck the car.

Former Platteville Police Sgt. Pablo Vazquez entered the plea deal Tuesday, agreeing to 12 months of an unsupervised deferred judgment and sentence. While Vazquez was fired by the Platteville Police Department earlier this year, his pleading to a second-degree misdemeanor means he can keep his Colorado law enforcement certification and would be eligible to become a police officer in Colorado again.

But before that September 2022 incident in Platteville, Vazquez was called "incompetent" by fellow officers at a previous police job and recommended for a demotion. But that doesn't appear to have happened.

Former Fort Lupton Officer Jordan Steinke, who placed Rios-Gonzalez in the car, was sentenced to 30 months of supervised probation and 100 hours of public service.

Rios-Gonzalez suffered a traumatic brain injury as well as numerous broken ribs, a broken leg and a broken back in the crash and is suing the two former officers and the departments they worked at in civil court. That case is still ongoing.

Her attorney, Christopher Ponce, called Vazquez's sentence "disappointing," adding that Rios wished there was more of a permanent conviction, the Associated Press reported.
 
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