US police: Suspect injured after police place her in car parked on train track

An investigation into the incident has been launched. Photo / Getty Images

A 20-year-old road rage suspect in the US was seriously injured when the parked police patrol vehicle she was detained in was struck by a freight train in northern Colorado.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a report of a road rage incident involving a firearm in Fort Lupton on Friday evening.

A Platteville police officer stopped the woman's car just past a set of railroad tracks and parked the patrol vehicle on the crossing.

The Greeley woman was placed in the back of the police vehicle, which was hit by the train as officers were searching her car.

The suspect's name and details of her injuries have not been released, but an earlier report stated that she received "serious bodily injuries".

Colorado's 9News has reported Platteville's police chief as saying the officer involved in the incident has been placed on paid administrative leave.

The Fort Lupton Police Department is investigating the road rage report, while the Colorado State Patrol is investigating the crash.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is looking into the woman's injury while she was in police custody.

No other information was released.