A woman in police custody in Weld County was seriously injured Friday night when the patrol vehicle she had been placed in — which was parked on railroad tracks — was struck by a train.
The incident happened about 7:30 p.m. near U.S. 285 and Weld County Road 38, just north of Platteville, according to a Colorado Bureau of Investigation news release.
Police were responding to an initial report of road rage involving a firearm in Fort Lupton when the train collision incident unfolded, the bureau said.
A Platteville officer located a vehicle and made a traffic stop, with the driver, a 20-year-old Greeley woman, pulling over just beyond the railroad tracks, according to the bureau. The officer stopped on the railroad tracks behind the pulled-over vehicle.
Two Fort Lupton officers arrived, and the woman, a felony menacing suspect, was removed from her vehicle and placed in the Platteville patrol car parked on the tracks.
“While the officers cleared the suspect vehicle as part of the investigation, a train traveling northbound struck the PPD patrol car,” the release said.
The woman was taken to a Greeley hospital after the crash. Details on her injuries were not released.
Fort Lupton police are investigating details that led to the initial call for police assistance. The State Patrol is investigating the woman’s injuries, and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has been asked to investigate the woman’s injuries.
kaisertralfaz on September 19th, 2022 at 13:24 UTC »
You'd think the people in Greeley would be more careful about train tracks
https://www.greeleytribune.com/2007/01/22/the-crossing-school-bus-train-crash-of-1961-should-never-be-forgotten/
MasterClown on September 19th, 2022 at 13:10 UTC »
🤦♂️hkusp45css on September 19th, 2022 at 13:08 UTC »
Of all of the vehicles that travel primarily across ground, I'd say trains are the easiest to avoid.