Colorado officer on trial for leaving handcuffed woman in car that was hit by train l GMA

have a police officer now who is on trial after leaving a handcuffed woman in a police car when it was parked on the train tracks a train slammed in the car but thankfully the woman survived kaina Whitworth has that story for us good morning Cana yeah Rob good morning the video terrifying as you can imagine the suspect in the car had extensive injuries including a traumatic brain injury and this morning the lawyer for the officer says she never realized the other officer she was assisting had parked on the tracks [Applause] this morning the officer accused of placing a handcuffed female suspect in the back of a patrol car moments before a freight train plowed into it a standing trial police body and dash cameras capturing the horrifying crash the time she elected to place Irani Rios Gonzalez in the Platteville patrol car parked on the railroad tracks instead of her own control unit that was safely parked to the west of the railroad tracks officer Jordan Steinke is facing two charges felony attempted Reckless manslaughter and misdemeanor reckless endangerment Steinke taking the stand Tuesday arguing that she did not see any reflective signs or Gates indicating a railroad crossing at the time of the incident it was incredibly dark I was miles outside of my jurisdiction I was fairly certain that that particular stop was going to end in a gunfight I never in a million years thought a train was going to come plowing through my scene claiming she would have not put the suspect in the vehicle if she knew it was parked on a railroad I trusted that Sergeant vasquez's vehicle was in a secure location at that time we have to remember that hindsight is 20 20. the body cam is going to be so vital because now we can see how much light there was how far was she the woman who survived the Collision 21 year old urini Rios Gonzalez was initially arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for an alleged road rage incident back in September she pled no contest the edited 8-minute video released by police shows officers pulling her over one officer parking on the track rounds of higher handcuff her cover and put her into her into the back of the cruise man what's going on the officers return to search her truck but then a train can be heard approaching the horn finally catching their attention one officer turns looks back at the cruiser and runs stay back Rios Gonzalez hit while still cuffed inside the car destroyed on impact Rios Gonzalez sustaining extensive injuries she has a fractured tibia um a broken arm which has had surgery on she had nine broken ribs she has a fractured sternum and also this morning Rios Gonzalez is filing a civil complaint and the Platteville officer who's the one who parked on the tracks is also being prosecuted for misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment guys every time you see that video my goodness miraculous you survived thank goodness for that well hey there GMA fans Robin Roberts here thanks for checking out our YouTube channel lots of great stuff here so go on click the Subscribe button right over right over here to get more of Awesome videos and content from GMA every day anytime we thank you for watching and we'll see you in the morning on GMA

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Length: 3min 41sec (221 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 26 2023