DA drops felony charge against officer in train crash case

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DA drops felony charge against officer in train crash case

Prosecutors have dismissed the most serious charge against a Colorado police officer who locked a handcuffed woman in a parked police car that was hit by a freight train, leaving her with serious injuries.

The Weld County District Attorney’s office dismissed the second-degree felony assault charge against Officer Jordan Steinke on Thursday, according to court documents. Steinke and another officer still face less serious charges in connection with the Sept. 16, 2022 incident.

The collision occurred after multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a report of a road rage incident in Fort Lupton, Colorado. A Platteville police officer stopped Yareni Rios' car just past a set of railroad tracks and parked the patrol vehicle on the crossing. Another officer handcuffed Rios and placed her in the back of the police vehicle, which was hit by the train as officers were searching her car.

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1. Another hookup by the wonderful

Fraternity of pigs...

[Karadeniz]

2. What sort of moron would park on a railroad crossing? Is stupidity a felony?

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Really! I agree w/ you, seems like the lady in the police car has a pretty good civil lawsuit.

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4. The article said 'just past' the crossing

which, obviously, wasn’t far enough away from the train when it came through. Newspaper reports are getting harder to decipher, it seems.

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5. that thin blue line