What a miracle! Terrifying moment, a tanker driver escapes death after his truck is hit by train tracks
Passengers in a water truck are lucky to be alive after their vehicle was smashed to pieces by a train when they crossed the track,
The happy escape happened in Utah this Friday, and if that wasn’t unusual enough, the whole incident was captured on camera.
James Wood, the YouTube user who posted the video, explained that he recorded the train in Wellington for his four-year-old son, who was a big fan of Thomas Tank when the crash happened.
Danger zone: The driver of the truck pulls through the rails, as if not paying attention to the oncoming train
No escape: Suddenly the train rushes into view and there is no way to prevent a collision now
James, known on YouTube as Rammn8r, said: “I turned around just before the collision to see how long the train was and heard something like a stick of dynamite explode, only to look back to see how the truck was crushed. to death by train, ‘
The semi-truck was hit near its rear wheels and spun. Police said the driver did not see the oncoming train.
Impact: The video captures the moment when the train crashes into the truck
Demolition Derby: Hardly credible, but the two passengers in the truck left this scene of destruction
The man who witnessed the collision was stunned for a moment, but then rallied and rushed to the aid of the people in the wrecked truck, expecting to see dead bodies inside.
Miraculously, the occupants of the water truck escaped unharmed.
“It was a great job for them and they are the happiest men I know,” the eyewitness wrote. “I literally witnessed a miracle, because despite the fact that the train destroyed the truck, the men inside were fine and alive.”
The train conductor said the train crew was also unharmed, according to Fox 13