Rios-Gonzalez, who works as a TSA agent at Denver International Airport, was stopped by a Platteville police officer in the AM hours of Sept. 17. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that she was accused in a road rage incident involving a gun.
Two Fort Lupton police officers later arrived at the scene and put Rios-Gonzalez, who was in handcuffs, in the back of the Platteville officer’s car, which was illegally parked on railroad tracks.
Body and dash camera footage released Friday shows the three officers searching Rios-Gonzalez’s pickup truck while she sat unattended in the police vehicle. A train slammed into the car a few moments later, sending it flying into a field.
"..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. "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."
Wilkinson said Rios-Gonzalez tried to alert one of the officers, but nobody responded to her screams. She lost consciousness after the crash and woke up hours later at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley.
Platteville police chief Carl Dwyer confirmed the officer involved is on administrative leave while an investigation is underway.
Fort Lupton Police Department declined comment.
cpr.org/2022/09/27/greeley-woman-plans-lawsuit-after-being-hit-by-train-in-police-custody
Nah we need to call out the people who were defending them cops in that sinewave thread
Hope she sues them for all they’re worth and she has enough money to pay for all for her medical PLUS not having to work a day in her life
If you’re gonna arrest her at least move the car away from the train tracks?
How stupid are these cops?
Crazy how easy it is for people this dumb to gain an authoritative position
B**** brain leaking out her ears why tf would you idle in the middle of train tracks.
If you’re gonna arrest her at least move the car away from the train tracks?
How stupid are these cops?
im not saying that cops aren't dumb as f*** but this was no mistake or act of negligence
Incompetence doesn’t even begin to cover this this is well beyond the scope of that.
Not sure how these boys even made it to adulthood. It’s a train. It follows a track. Don’t be near them
Nah we need to call out the people who were defending them cops in that sinewave thread
Yea we need to start a dialogue frfr
kill em