US police officer convicted of assault after handcuffed suspect hit by train

Steinke testified that she did not know that the patrol car of another officer whom she was helping was parked on the tracks, even though they can be seen on her body camera footage along with two rail crossing signs

A freight train hit a parked police car with a suspect inside (Fort Lupton Police Department via AP)

A Colorado 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 criminal attempt to commit manslaughter.