Horrific moment as woman is hit by train after being arrested
Updated | By Etienne Bruwer
Video footage shows a police car being hit by a train after a woman was arrested and placed in the police car. Watch below!
Yareni Rios Gonzalez suffered several injuries after a train hit a police vehicle where she was placed after being handcuffed.
The police car was parked on the train tracks, and in the horrifying video footage, a train can be heard approaching. In a matter of seconds, the car got hit by the train.
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According to BBC News, the 20-year-old woman was pulled over by police over a possible road rage incident in which she was allegedly involved.
Body-cam footage also shows the distressed woman sitting in the back of the car, realising that the train is approaching.
According to Paul Wilkonson, the victims' attorney, Gonzales was "trying frantically to get out".
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"She tried to get the officers' attention, screaming, yelling. They didn't hear her, and that's when the train hit," Wilkinson said.
He added that Gonzales suffered "nine broken ribs, a fractured sternum, a broken leg, a broken arm, multiple missing teeth, back injuries, head injuries. Just everywhere".
Colorado investigators are currently looking at and investigating the incident. No charges have been made as of yet.
*Warning: This video contains upsetting footage
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