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This video was captured on the body cam of Colorado police officers. The suspect being arrested is one U Riels Gonzalez and she's being taken into custody for *** case involving road rage. The arrest goes smoothly enough but you may have noticed that the police cruiser is parked on train tracks and while officers were searching the suspect's car, the unbelievable happened. *** train approaches and officers aren't able to react in time. The locomotive plows through the police cruiser taking it and Riels Gonzalez with it. The suspect's attorney says that Riels Gonzalez saw the train coming and frantically tried to get out of the cruiser but was handcuffed. Meanwhile, the officers were oblivious to the oncoming train until it was too late. Luckily, Riels Gonzalez survived but sustained serious injuries including nine broken ribs, *** broken arm, broken teeth and head trauma as *** result of the collision. She is currently at the hospital but expected to recover.
Officer who put suspect in car hit by train found guilty of reckless endangerment but acquitted of manslaughter
A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train has been found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault. Jordan Steinke was acquitted of the third charge of manslaughter.Steinke was the first of two officers to go trial over the Sept. 16, 2022, crash that left Yareni Rios-Gonzalez seriously injured.Steinke testified that she did not know that the patrol car of another officer she was helping was parked on the tracks even though they can be seen on her body camera footage along with two railroad crossing signs. Steinke said she was focused on the threat that could come from Rios-Gonzalez and her pickup truck, not the ground.Steinke said she put Rios-Gonzalez in the other officer’s vehicle because it was the nearest spot to temporarily hold her. She said she didn’t know the train was coming until just before it hit.There was no jury in Steinke’s trial, which started Monday. Instead, Judge Timothy Kerns listened to the evidence and issued the verdict.
DENVER —
A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train has been found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault. Jordan Steinke was acquitted of the third charge of manslaughter.
Steinke was the first of two officers to go trial over the Sept. 16, 2022, crash that left Yareni Rios-Gonzalez seriously injured.
Steinke testified that she did not know that the patrol car of another officer she was helping was parked on the tracks even though they can be seen on her body camera footage along with two railroad crossing signs. Steinke said she was focused on the threat that could come from Rios-Gonzalez and her pickup truck, not the ground.
Steinke said she put Rios-Gonzalez in the other officer’s vehicle because it was the nearest spot to temporarily hold her. She said she didn’t know the train was coming until just before it hit.
There was no jury in Steinke’s trial, which started Monday. Instead, Judge Timothy Kerns listened to the evidence and issued the verdict.
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