A WORKMAN IN EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, was towing a trailer behind his pickup truck Thursday when he started to cross a Norfolk Southern Railway track. As he started across the level crossing, the gates came down blocking his path as the freight train was bearing down on the hapless driver. Instead of driving ahead and crashing through the warning gate, he attempted to back up off the crossing. But traffic behind him was blocking his reverse maneuver and he was caught. He escaped from his truck just seconds before this happened:
WYFF-TV
The accident took place right in front of a railroad buff who was videotaping trains that afternoon. Richard Helderman, who didn’t have the news cameraman’s instincts at the moment, caught most of the event with his video camera as shown by this report from WYFF-TV Ch. 4 Greenville:
The crash obliterated the truck and trailer as well as a Bobcat loader that was on the trailer. The Bobcat caught fire, adding to the excitement. But thankfully nobody was injured in the crash.
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