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Video released by Colorado State Police showed a detained suspect handcuffed after a train crashed into a police car.
The Fort Lupton Police Department released body camera and dash cam video on Friday showing Yareni Rios-Gonzalez in the patrol car that was hit by the train. Rios-Gonzalez was hospitalized with multiple injuries but is expected to survive, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said.
Newly released video of the September 16 incident shows Rios-Gonzalez, a suspect in a road rage case, asking why she was handcuffed and put into the back of a parked truck The cruiser was stopped a few yards from the rails.
Rios-Gonzalez was left alone in her truck when police searched her. A few minutes later, the train horn sounded, and officers sounded the alarm as the train rammed the cruiser, squashing it on its side and pushing it into a field dozens of feet away. Police can be heard in the video calling for medical help.
The vehicle that was struck was a Prattville Police Department cruiser, which was assisting with parking. Prattville Police Chief Carl Dwyer said the officer parked on the tracks has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation by the CBI. Neither police department has identified any officers involved in the incident.
Fort Lupton police said their case against Rios-Gonzalez was referred to the Weld County District Attorney.
Krista Henery of the Weld County District Attorney’s Office told CNN Saturday that “everything is still under investigation and no charges have been filed against the suspect/victim or any officials.”
CNN reached out to Rios-Gonzalez’s attorney Paul Wilkinson Friday night for comment. He told the Denver Post on Friday that his client had nine broken ribs, a broken arm and back and head injuries.