A Colorado woman is suing police after a train crashed into the parked police cruiser she was in, leaving her badly injured.
Yareni Rios-Gonzales, 20, of Greeley, Colo., was pulled over after officers from both the Platteville Police Department and Fort Lupton Police Department responded to a road rage incident with a gun on Sept. 16.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The young woman suffered serious injuries when a train slammed into the car, pushing it dozens of feet down the tracks.Article contenttap here to see other videos from our teamRios-Gonzales, who was released from hospital on Monday, is recovering at home with nine broken ribs, a broken arm, a fractured sternum and other injuries to her head and back, is now suing both police departments.
“She’s a young lady. She wants to be out there doing stuff with her friends and going to work and all the stuff she enjoys doing,” her attorney, Paul Wilkinson, told. “She kind of knows that it’s gonna be a while before she can get back to just having a normal life.” Body cam and dash cam video shows officers scrambling as the train approaches and rams the police vehicle, which is seen sitting right on the tracks.Advertisement 3The officers are seen running toward the crushed vehicle through a field littered with debris from the impact.tap here to see other videos from our team“Her hands were behind her back and she frantically tried to escape the vehicle, but the doors were locked, and it’s kind of a cage,” Wilkinson said. “You can hear the train horn.
He added: “She had thought about trying to get through to the front and get out that way, but she could not exit the vehicle. She saw everything coming.”The Platteville officer whose patrol car was hit by the train left on the tracks has been placed on leave pending an investigation.
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