Go. I will get your cell phone for you. Take a seat. >> It was one of the stupidest police actions ever recorded. Colorado cops put a handcuffed woman in the back of a cruiser parked on train tracks. >> No, that's a car. >> Oh my god. Oh my god. Get us medical e. The suspect was in the vehicle that was hit by the train. The suspect suffered nine broken ribs, a broken arm, a broken leg, a fractured sternum, head injuries, and had to be hospitalized for more than a week. Now, 2 years later, Colorado officials reach 8.5 million settlement with woman who was left handcuffed in a police car that was hit by a train. The settlement follows the firing and conviction of two police officers on charges of reckless endangerment. This began in September 2022 when police pulled over then 20-year-old Urani Rios Gonzalez. With >> both hands out the window >> for allegedly waving a firearm in a road rage incident. >> Hands her hands are out the window at this time. >> Open your door with your right hand. Open your door. Come around. >> Rios Gonzalez complied with police, showed her hands, and got out of her vehicle. >> Coming out 346. She's out of the vehicle. Hands up. >> Yeah. Fast kiss. >> Hey, >> lift your hands up. Lift your hands up. Okay. Turn around. Turn around. Turn around. Put your hands up higher. I want you to set your phone down as if you dropped. >> You don't need it. You can leave it on. Come on back. Keep coming back. Keep your hands up. Keep coming back. Keep coming back to the sound of my voice. Keep coming back. Keep coming back. Keep coming back. Keep coming back. Stop right there. Be down on one knee and then the other. >> I got cuffs. >> Good. Keep your hands above your head. >> Don't move. >> Fort Loftton police officer Jordan Steini with the tattoos handcuffed Rios Gonzalez. >> We'll explain everything in a second. Can I get my cell phone, please? No one else is in the truck, sir. Can I please get my cell phone? >> We'll get it for you soon. >> Don't worry about your cell phone, >> please. >> Where are you taking me? We're taking you to the car. Come on. Why? What? You have anything on you that's going to poke me, stick me, hurt me? >> No, ma'am. But can I please get my cell phone? We'll get your cell phone in a second. Is there any weapons in the car? >> Ready? >> No, ma'am. There's nothing on. >> There's no weapons in the car? >> Okay. >> What's going on, ma'am? What's going on? I'll tell you in a second. So confused. Can I get >> Take a seat? I will get your cell phone for you. Take a seat. >> Officer Stein Keyi then placed Rios Gonzalez in the cruiser of Platville officer Pablo Vasquez who had parked his cruiser in the middle of a railroad crossing. >> I see a car seat. >> The officers then searched the woman's vehicle, leaving her in the police cruiser alone. >> Let's get the bed cross. Clear. Dispatch, flipping 348 clear. Here's the channel. [Applause] It took her a long time to pull over. I got a holster right here in the passenger seat. >> It took her a very long time to pull over. >> I'm going. >> Did you see her toss anything? >> I I She could have because it took her a long time to pull over. She could have because when I was behind her, she was driving slow enough. >> Yeah. >> So, she could have tossed something. But I literally >> tossed it out the window. >> She could have out that window. Who is in the car? >> No, that's a >> car. Oh my god. Oh my god. Medical emergency. The suspect was in the vehicle that was hit by the train. Watch the fence. There may still be a firearm in the vehicle. I don't know if you guys have been through it yet. We weren't sure if she threw it or if it's still hidden in the vehicle somewhere. It took her a long time to pull over. >> Right now, I just need to find out who she is. >> You hear that? >> No, I didn't hear that. >> There's a round over there in the door. >> We had a date of birth on there. >> That's what I was looking for. >> I know you know what you're doing. I was just thinking out loud. >> I'll let you look at that. I'll keep looking for the other stuff. >> Police found a license identifying Rios Gonzalez as she was being taken to an emergency room in critical condition. Miss Gonzalez spent more than a week in the hospital after she was released. She was charged with misdemeanor menacing. Months later, Miss Gonzalez sued the city of Fort Lupton in the city of Platville and their police departments. In part of the lawsuit, as reported by the Associated Press, Rios screamed for help after seeing the train approaching. And although a door in the police car had been left open, she was not able to get out of the caged in back seat. according to the lawsuit which stated that she suffered serious injuries including severe head trauma. The suit accused police of being reckless and failing to protect Rios while she was in their custody. Meanwhile, a criminal investigation began into officer Steinkey and Vasquez. Steini testified that she did not realize where the car was parked, though the tracks and railroad crossing signs can be seen in her body camera footage. She, Officer Stany, was found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault, fired from her job, and sentenced to two and a half years of supervised probation. In comments recorded on body camera footage, Officer Vasquez told other officers that he thought he had cleared the tracks when he parked behind Rios. He said he was focused on her because he was concerned that she possibly had a weapon. Officer Vasquez pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment. As for the lawsuit settlement to Miss Rios Gonzalez for $8.5 million, a press release from the Fort Lupton Police Department says that the city of Fort Lupton and the city of Platville are splitting the payout and that the money will come from their insurers. According to the Fort Lupton Police press release, quote, "This voluntary settlement is to the mutual satisfaction of the parties, recognizes the gravity of this matter, and will allow all parties to move forward. Perhaps Miss Rios Gonzalez will be able to move forward knowing that she won't have to try and work again amidst her ongoing physical challenges. Still, it will be hard for her and everybody who witnessed this or saw this video to move past the fact that any cops could ever be so oblivious to their surroundings. Police are supposed to take notice and pay attention to things including constitutional rights, safety issues, and potential threats. But bad cops cannot seem to do any of that. And when bad cops are not weeded out, the result can literally be a train wreck with a huge financial cost. By the way, in Indiana, a police officer was recently fired for throwing a peaceful teenager to the ground during a traffic stop in South Whitley, Indiana near Fort Wayne. That cop just threw that teenage girl to the ground. >> How old are you? >> 18. >> Good job. You're going to jail. >> The officer said she had been speeding and took too long to produce her ID. >> Can you please grab my phone and my license for me? >> You're now going to jail. Do you understand? You don't get to sit there and tell me how I'm going to do my job. Do you understand? >> Moments later, the girl's father arrived. >> Uh, want to give me her ID, want to give me her registration. So, she's assisted out of the vehicle. >> Assisted >> about 5 minutes out, maybe four. >> Well, the cop has now been assisted off the police force. Check out that video at the link below. It generated a lot of comments on YouTube. One of the most populous from angry retail banker who wrote, "Honestly, falsifying a police report should warrant a minimum of 10 years in prison." I hear you. I look forward to reading your comments about the massive settlement police just paid to a Colorado woman they handcuffed in a cruiser that was hit by a train. I'm David Schustster. Thanks for joining us.