Crashes

Truck Driver Miraculously Walks Away from Collision with Train

By Sam Fowler, May 16, 2018
 

TRENT, TX-- A train collided with a boom truck near Trent on Wednesday morning, KTXS News in Abilene reported.

The crash happened when the truck was attempting to cross the railroad tracks at I-20 and County Road 349.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said that it's not often in these instances that a driver walks away without severe injuries.

The truck driver did just that.

The driver of the truck was said to have tried to beat the train, which was traveling 68-mph, when the back end of the truck was hit by the train. The impact caused the truck to roll on its side.

DPS says the driver will be cited.

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With deep note's of sarcasm, Free-Man_Nate mutters something to the effect of, "Must've been a glitch in the Matrix, couldn't have been God's providence.

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