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A woman has been awarded $8.5 million after being left inside a police car that was hit by a freight train.

In the footage released by the Fort Lupton Police Department, Yareni Rios-Gonzalez could be seen being handcuffed by officers in September 2022 after she was identified as a possible suspect in a road rage case.

Rios-Gonzalez was pulled over by police officers, Sgt. Pablo Vasquez and Fort Lupton Police Officer Jordan Steinke, at a railroad crossing after a report came in alleging her of threatening someone with a gun, CBS reports.

Cops then took Rios-Gonzalez into a Platteville Police Department patrol car parked on train tracks behind her car.

They then went back to check her truck to see if anyone was inside before searching for any potential weapons.

While Rios-Gonzalez sat in the truck, a train horn could be heard before striking the sitting car and pushed it into a nearby field.

One of the officers on the scene could be heard in the video calling for a medical response, while another said: “The suspect was in the vehicle that was hit by the train.”

Rios-Gonzalez was rushed to hospital with multiple injuries, though she did thankfully survive the incident.

The police car was hit by a train. (Fort Lupton Police Department)

However, she did suffer several broken bones and a traumatic brain injury, her attorney, Paul Wilkinson, told Colorado Public Radio.

According to Wilkinson, she had also been trying to get the officers’ attention before the car was hit.

Speaking to CNN, he said: “When she was in the back of the car, she was able to see the train coming.

“She was frantically trying to escape, trying to open the doors, but she was handcuffed.”

However, Steinke’s defense attorneys claimed that she did not know that Vazquez had parked the car on the tracks, The Guardian reported.

Now, Rios-Gonzalez has been awarded a $8.5 million dollar settlement – with attorney Eric M. Ziporin telling CNN that the payment will be split equally between the town and city and paid by their insurers.

Rios-Gonzalez was pulled over by police over a suspected road-rage incident (Fort Lupton Police Department)

“This is an excellent result and a hard-fought result,” Wilkinson said as reported by The New York Post. “She is up and moving around.

“She is still recovering from some physical and emotional impacts that she’ll be dealing with for the rest of her life.

“But considering she got hit by a train, she’s doing all right.”

Last year, Vasquez and Steinke were charged with multiple felony and misdemeanour counts.

After pleading guilty to reckless endangerment in December, Vasquez was sentenced to 12 months of unsupervised probation, as per Associated Press.

He was also fired by his department.

Meanwhile, Steinke was convicted of the same charge plus a misdemeanor for assault and was given 30 months of supervised probation and 100 hours community service.

The uncle of American Airlines pilot Jonathan Campos has opened up about their last phone conversation as he was ‘boarding the plane’.

On Wednesday (January 29) at 8.47pm ET, an American Airlines passenger plane – flight 5342 – and a US military helicopter collided mid-air over the Potomac River, close to the Ronald Reagan National airport in Washington DC.

The passenger plane was carrying 64 passengers and crew and had traveled from Wichita, Kansas, while the army helicopter – a Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk carrying three crew – had taken off from Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

An investigation into the incident was immediately launched by the National Transportation Safety Board which recovered the black boxes from both the aircraft.

Prior to the crash, pilot of the American Airlines plane Jonathan Campos had a phone conversation with his uncle.

In an interview with the MailOnline, Campos’ uncle John Lane explained he spoke to his nephew ‘for 10 minutes’ as he was boarding the plane and he ‘sounded really happy’.

The American Airlines plane and helicopter wreckage ended up in the Potomac River (Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/ U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

He said: “I can’t believe it. He sounded really happy. He was looking forward to going on a cruise next week on the Icon of the Seas, the cruise ship.

“Ten family members were going to fly to Florida to take the trip with him. It was going to be a big celebration.”

Lane reflected on how it was always Campos’ ‘dream’ to become a pilot and he used to play with ‘toy planes’ as a child.

Having been to flight school six years ago and doing ‘so well with his life’, his ambition was eventually to ‘qualify to fly bigger planes’.

Campos’ uncle noted the rest of the family feel ‘sick right now’ but resolved how ‘proud of him’ they are of him and what a ‘good kid’ he was.

American Airlines issued a statement on the incident which reads: “American Eagle Flight 5342 en-route from Wichita, Kansas (ICT), to Washington, D.C. (DCA) was involved in an accident at DCA. The flight was operated by PSA Airlines with a CRJ-700.

Jonathan Campos and his uncle spoke as he was boarding the flight (Facebook)

“There were 60 passengers and four crew members on board the aircraft. Our concern is for the passengers and crew on board the aircraft. We are in contact with authorities and assisting with emergency response efforts.

“If you believe you may have loved ones on board Flight 5342, call American Airlines toll-free at 800-679-8215. Those calling from outside the U.S. can visit news.aa.com for additional phone numbers. Family members in Canada, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands can call 800-679-8215 directly.”

Imagine building up the confidence to go camping alone, only to find out that a strange man is watching you.

That’s the real-life horror story that happened to one woman, who has recalled the terrifying moment she was told that someone was keeping an eye on her.

We’ve all heard the creepy stories, but life can be scarier than fiction at times, as Alyssa Vanilla shared.

She shared the tale of what happened when she was travelling alone in the desert and set up camp in her van.

Alyssa posted a video explaining what happened when she was camping in the desert outside of Tucson, Arizona.

A man approached her in an ATV van, and her instincts told her to start filming in case anything was wrong.

Vlogger Alyssa Vanilla shared the footage of a creepy man who approached her while camping (YouTube/Alyssa Vanilla)

Whatever that instinct was turned out to be correct.

A man approached Alyssa, asking her if she was OK and whether she needed any water.

Alyssa replied, asking if he was a ranger, to which he said ‘no, no I just live close’.

So far, so strange.

The conversation continued with the man asking her how long she planned to camp out there, adding strangely: “If you do stay, I’ll see you again.

“But that’s all I’m doing, just nothing spooky.

“I have a house, my wife is living there and my children, so if you ever need a shower you’re welcome to come by.

The man was acting strangely (YouTube/Alyssa Vanilla)

“It would probably work better since you are female if you came by while I was there a couple of times, just so my wife gets to know you and she doesn’t think there’s something stupid going on.”

Alyssa didn’t know how to feel about the interaction, and things got even weirder when the man came back again.

He came up to tell her: “So you have a guy, in the mountain over there, watching you with binoculars.”

Alarmed, Alyssa answered: “Oh well that is erm, unnerving, I guess I won’t be staying.”

The man replied: “Well it’s not that you can’t stay, but I’ll be honest with you, the other side of the mountain is safer.”

Alyssa wrote in text on the video that “the other side of the mountain is a lot more open and exposed,” and it seems she knew he wasn’t telling the truth.

He continued talking about the “stalker” he knew of, and said it was a man who went round checking people had water.

Which, if you remember, is exactly what he did to Alyssa.

By this time, Alyssa had enough and began packing up to show that she was leaving, but instead of taking the hint and also going, the man sat there staring at her, rubbing his hands back and forth on the steering wheel in silence.

Fortunately, Alyssa’s tale ended safely, but it acts as a warning to other women thinking of camping alone in a remote area.

Mötley Crüe and Vince Neil have offered their ‘thoughts and prayers’ after a private jet registered to the frontman crashed and killed a pilot.

Yesterday afternoon (February 10), a private plane owned by Neil crashed into another plane at Scottsdale Airport, Arizona as it was arriving from Austin, Texas.

Neil was not on board, however, his girlfriend, Rain Andreani and her friend are reported as having been involved in the collision, alongside a co-pilot and pilot – with the pilot reported as having passed away.

The plane is owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil (Getty Images/ Don Arnold/WireImage)

Mötley Crüe took to social media to release a statement on the incident, as per FOX 10 Phoenix.

In a since-deleted post, the group confirmed ‘a private plane owned by Vince Neil was involved in a crash near Scottsdale, AZ’ and ‘the pilot was tragically killed’ with ‘the co-pilot and other passengers were taken to local hospitals’.

“Vince was not on the plane. Vince‘s girlfriend and her friend suffered injuries, albeit not life-threatening,” the statement continued. “While details are still emerging, our hearts go out to the families about the pilot who lost his life in the passengers who suffered injuries.”

It resolved: “Mötley Crüe will announce a way to help support the family of the deceased pilot -stand by for an announcement very soon.”

And the group has since shared a statement from Neil’s representative too.

The pilot has passed away (FOX 10 Phoenix)

The statement reads: “At 2:39 p.m. local time, a Learjet aircraft Model 35A owned by Vince Neil was attempting to land at the Scottsdale Airport. For reasons unknown at this time, the plane veered from the runway causing it to collide with another parked plane.

“On board Mr. Neil’s plane were two pilots and two passengers. Mr. Neil was not on the plane. More specific details regarding the collision are not available as this is a rapidly evolving situation and there is an ongoing investigation.

“Mr. Neil’s thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved, and he is grateful for the critical aid of all first responders assisting today.”

The incident remains under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which stated ‘a Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing and crashed into a Gulfstream 200 business jet on the ramp at Scottsdale Municipal Airport in Arizona’ and noted it was ‘temporarily pausing flights into the airport’ as a result.

Neil’s representative shared a statement (Twitter/@MotleyCrue)

The Scottsdale airport confirmed at the time an ‘accident’ had occurred ‘upon arrival to runway 21’.

“Fire Department is on scene assessing the situation. Scottsdale Airports runway is currently closed,” it said.

Airport public information office Kelli Kuester added: “A Learjet aircraft on its arrival from Austin veered off the runway and collided with another jet, a Gulfstream 200 aircraft, that was parked. It appears that the left main gear failed upon landing, resulting in the accident.”

Scottsdale Fire Department Captain Dave Folio said: “We had five patients we treated. One was a fatality, we had two immediate that were transported to local trauma centers, we had one delayed patient and one patient that refused treatment.”