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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Officer who put suspect in car hit by train guilty of reckless endangerment but not manslaughter

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A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train has been found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault. Jordan Steinke was acquitted of the third charge of manslaughter.

Steinke was the first of two officers to go trial over the Sept. 16, 2022, crash that left Yareni Rios-Gonzalez seriously injured.

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