A Colorado woman was severely injured Friday night after police detained her inside of a patrol car that was hit by a train.
At around 7:30 p.m., a Platteville, Colorado, police officer located a vehicle near U.S. Route 85 and Weld County, Colorado, Road 38 that was involved in a road rage incident, according to a press release. When the officer put his lights on behind the car, the woman pulled over just beyond some train tracks, prompting the officer to stop on the tracks, the release noted.
Believing the woman may have a firearm, the officer received assistance from two Fort Lupton, Colorado, officers in conducting a high-risk traffic stop, KMGH reported. They placed the woman in the patrol car, where a northbound train eventually collided with the vehicle, the outlet continued. (RELATED: Police Investigate Utah Bus Driver Who Allegedly Threatened To Shoot Students)
She was taken to a hospital in Greeley and treated for severe injuries, according to KMGH. Neither the police officer nor the crew on the train was hurt, the outlet reported.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigations (CBI) identified the woman as 20-year-old Greeley resident Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, they stated in an emailed press release. She sustained multiple but is expected to survive.
Colorado police officers detained a woman in a police car — which was parked on railroad tracks — and a train hit the car with with the woman inside. She was seriously hurt. https://t.co/9XiRK6HmsP
— Shelly Bradbury (@ShellyBradbury) September 18, 2022
The officer has been placed on paid administrative leave, the Platteville police department told KMGH.
Several departments are investigating the incident, with the Fort Lupton Police Department and the Colorado State Patrol investigating the road rage report and the train crash, respectively, ABC reported. CBI is examining the woman’s sustaining an injury while in police custody, the outlet noted.