Officers charged in train crash into patrol car with suspect
The woman who survived the crash has also been chargedDENVER — Two police officers involved in the arrest of a woman who was seriously injured when the parked patrol car she was in wasProsecutors also announced that the woman, Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, who was arrested after a report of an allegedThe Weld County District Attorney's Office announced the charges in a statement.
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.