Colorado woman struck by train while being held inside police car
(CNN) – A road rage suspect is lucky to be alive after a train struck the police cruiser she was being held in.
The incident took place in Colorado on September 16., but the bodycam footage has just been released.
Yareni Rios-Gonzalez was pulled over by Platteville Police near Fort Lupton after a reported traffic violation.
Officers left her in a squad car parked on the train tracks while searching her truck for a gun.
Minutes later, a Freight Train barreled into the cruiser pushing it into a field.
Rios-Gonzalez was hospitalized with multiple injuries to her head and back, as well as a broken arm and nine broken ribs.
No charges have been filed in the case yet, but the officer who left the car on the tracks has been placed on leave.