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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colleen Slevin

A Colorado woman who was handcuffed in a police car hit by a train receives an $8.5M settlement

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A Colorado woman who was seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked police vehicle in which she sat handcuffed has reached an $8.5 million settlement, a lawyer representing two of the involved police officers said Wednesday.

The city of Fort Lupton and nearby town of Platteville, which together employed the three officers sued in the 2022 crash, will each pay half of the settlement to Yareni Rios, said attorney Eric Ziporin.

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