Just round it up to $5M. She'll get that once she settles (she's already called Saul) from the $10M she most likely asks for. Hope the City and County have a good tax base. Unfortunately for her, I think she might be in for a lifetime of pain and some sleepless nights.

Weld County Sheriff was quick to clear up that it was the State Patrol (CSP) that initiated the stop. Sheriff's responded after the train crash and is seen searching the vehicle at the end.

Curious, who's patrol vehicle is she sitting in on the train tracks? City, County or State?

It would appear to be a CSP vehicle

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Originally posted by SigSentry:
Weld County Sheriff was quick to clear up that it was the State Patrol (CSP) that initiated the stop
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It would appear to be a CSP vehicle

No, and no.


It was an officer with the Platteville Police Department that initiated the stop, and it was their car that struck by the train.

The other two police officers seen in the video are from the Fort Lupton Police Department, who responded to assist Platteville PD with the high risk traffic stop. (It's very common for neighboring small town PDs to back each other up on hot calls.)

After the crash, Colorado State Police responded and took the lead on the crash investigation before handing the case off to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Weld County Sheriff's Office responded to assist CSP, as stated in their Facebook post.

But neither WCSD or CSP was involved with the initial traffic stop and the events leading up to the crash. That was primarily Platteville PD, with Fort Lupton PD also present.

Ok, then, so...who do we believe? This is kind of a big deal it would seem to me.

Ima believe the video.

:19 seconds, Ft. Lupton PD (female) exists vehicle behind unit on tracks.



1:49 Unit on tracks is Platteville Police Department unit.



Aftersmash follow-up by CSP, and WCSO Deputies coming to assist them. So the line up was:

Platteville PD initial stop.
Ft. Lupton PD backup.
SMASH
CSP initial investigation.
WCSO Deputies assisting at scene.

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Originally posted by Bassamatic:
Ok, then, so...who do we believe? This is kind of a big deal it would seem to me.

It's not a matter of "belief", or having to judge multiple conflicting stories. There's no attempt by any agency to cover up their involvement.

SigSentry merely misinterpreted WCSO's statement. (Misinformation, based on a misreading of a statement attempting to clear up misinformation... Ironic, ain't it. )

If you still don't believe it, and don't trust the details plainly listed in the description area of the YouTube video in the OP, you can look up one of the multiple news reports about the crash, all of which identify Platteville PD as the agency whose car was struck by the train.

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who's patrol vehicle is she sitting in on the train tracks? City, County or State?

Then the answer to my question above is that she was in a 'City' (Platteville PD) vehicle. Thanks for clarifying.

Thanks for the the clarification Rogue. "Investigation" means crash investigation. Mea culpa.

OK then, It was the local police. Thanks guys for clearing that up.

an update...

Officers charged in train crash into patrol car with suspect

Two police officers involved in the arrest of a woman who was seriously injured when the parked patrol car she was in was hit by a freight train in Colorado have been charged

By COLLEEN SLEVIN The Associated Press

Nov 7, 2022 Updated 11 hrs ago

DENVER — Two police officers involved in the arrest of a woman who was seriously injured when the parked patrol car she was in was hit by a freight train were charged Monday.

Prosecutors also announced that the woman, Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, who was arrested after a report of an alleged road rage incident involving a gun before the crash, was also charged with felony menacing.

The Weld County District Attorney’s Office announced the charges in a statement. It provided basic court documents listing the charges but said it would not provide further details because of “pending litigation.” The documents did not include a narrative about what the officers allegedly did leading up to the Sept. 16 crash, which was captured on police body camera footage.

Rios-Gonzalez’s lawyer, Paul Wilkinson, who has said he planned to file suit over the crash, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.

Of the two police officers, Fort Lupton Officer Jordan Steinke, faces the most serious charges — attempted manslaughter and second-degree assault — both felonies. No lawyers were listed as representing her in online court records yet and no contact information for her was listed on the department’s website.

Pablo Vazquez, a sergeant from the neighboring city of Platteville identified on body camera footage as the arresting officer, was charged with five counts of reckless endangerment for allegedly putting Rios-Gonzalez, Steinke and three other people at risk, as well as for traffic-related violations including parking where prohibited.

A telephone message and email sent to Vazquez at work were not immediately returned. Online court records did not list an attorney representing him yet either.

Following the crash, Vazquez told other officers on body camera footage that he thought he had cleared the tracks when he parked his patrol vehicle behind Rios-Gonzalez’s truck to arrest her. He said he was focused on her because he was concerned about weapons.

He also said he did not know that the other officer he was working with from another department, who was not identified, had put Rios-Gonzalez in his patrol vehicle until after it was hit by the train. He said the “saving grace” was that the other officer put Rios-Gonzalez on the side of the vehicle not usually used for people who are arrested.

Other video from Vazquez’s body camera show him and another officer searching Rios-Gonzalez’s truck as the train approaches and its horn is blaring.

Vazquez asks the other officer several times over the sound of the train’s rumbling whether Rios-Gonzalez was in the patrol vehicle and she responds, one hand to her face, “Oh my God, yes, she was!”

Other police video shows officers scrambling as the train approaches and slams into the vehicle.

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This news report shows what's left of the patrol car, after the crash.



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7g1GFpJRERE

Reckless endangerment makes sense. Attempted manslaughter doesn't.