[Levin]

By
Ben Blanchet
Sep 24, 2022, 10:21 AM EDT

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Rios-Gonzalez parked her car past a set of the railroad tracks while the officer stopped his vehicle directly on the tracks, according to the newspaper. 

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Video from the Fort Lupton Police Department shows officers asking the woman to put her hands up and turn around as they stand on the tracks.

Rios-Gonzalez asked what was going on and said that she was “so confused” as police handcuffed her and placed her in the patrol vehicle.

The footage then shows a train blare its horn as it approaches, with one officer shouting, “Stay back!” just before the collision.

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the woman suffered multiple broken ribs, a broken arm, a fractured sternum and a number of head injuries but added that she is expected to survive

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the doors were locked on the police vehicle.

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You can watch the dramatic crash, starting at the 5:22 mark, below.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573350868774277120

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“She was frantically trying to get out,” he said.

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Wilkinson said it’s “unbelievable” that a cop would park on the tracks



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/train-ram...36d1afc359

[Levin]

A woman was hit by a train while detained in a police car. Why is she still facing charges?

Andrea Blanco
Wed, 9 November 2022 at 4:08 am


On 16 September, 20-year-old Yareni Rios-Gonzalez was hit by a freight train while she sat inside a Platteville Police Department patrol car in Colorado.

The unfathomable actions of Platteville Sergeant Pablo Vazquez, who parked the car on the tracks, and Fort Lupton Officer Jordan Steinke, who placed her inside the vehicle after she was arrested, cost Ms Rios-Gonzalez nine broken ribs, a broken arm, a fractured sternum and 12 days in a hospital bed.

Despite charges being brought against Mr Vazquez and Ms Steinke, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office has yet to drop felony menacing charges against Ms Rios-Gonzalez, who was detained after a road rage incident in which she allegedly threatened another motorist with a gun later found in her vehicle.

The arrest and the accident, Ms Rios-Gonzalez’s attorney Paul Wilkinson says, have caused the mother-of-one a great deal of physical and emotional pain. She’s also had to deal with the looming legal aftermath of a triggering incident in which, Mr Wilkinson claims, Ms Rios-Gonzalez was the victim and tried to defend herself.

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Mr Wilkinson said he plans to sue the police departments

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He said that Ms Rios-Gonzalez will plead not guilty to her charges.

“He even gave an interview in which he admitted to being aggressive and following her,” Mr Wilkinson claimed about the other motorist involved in the road rage incident. “In fact, we’re not sure why he wasn’t charged.”


https://sg.news.yahoo.com/woman-hit-trai...14330.html