Wild video shows train obliterating semi-truck just seconds after driver runs for his life
Pulse-pounding video shows a driver racing for his life just seconds before a train pulverizes his semi-truck that was stalled on the tracks.
Another driver, Zackary Hatcher, filmed the moment Tuesday that the driver got away just before the train smashed into his truck, sending debris flying across the road in Cartersville, Georgia.
“The f–king train just hit this truck!” Hatcher can be heard saying in the wild video before asking the truck driver, “You alright, man?”
Hatcher told Storyful that he approached the driver and warned him the train was coming before the guardrails dropped down.
“He eventually realized what was about to happen, so at that point I put my truck into reverse and pulled out my camera,” he said.
“It was like slow motion when my truck was hit with all sorts of debris. It also all happens at the blink of an eye.
“It was a scary situation, but I’m happy everyone survived.”
City of Emerson Police Department Capt. Lisa Fuller told ABC News that the train’s engineer and conductor both saw the truck — but couldn’t do anything to avoid slamming into it.
“They started breaking as soon as they saw the truck, but they were not able to stop in time,” Fuller said.
The truck’s load could be seen scattered across the area while the train remained stationed on the tracks following the crash. No injuries were reported.
“There’s been incidents before where the drivers weren’t able to get out of the vehicles,” Fuller added.
The crossing on Old Allatoona Road, near Interstate 75 exit 283 in Bartow County outside of Atlanta, has been the site of multiple collisions between trains and trucks due to the layout of the road and tracks, according to Fox News.
