Train, concrete beam, red light, Tennessee

[herr_oberst]

[Bill Douglas]

What was that ferkin idiot truck driver thinking.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

What was that ferkin idiot truck driver thinking.

I can't imagine the "Oh SHEIßE!" moment that the train engineer must have had! Trains usually "win" most fights, but I'd say that was not exactly a crushing victory for the train.

[Baz]

You could also add Folsom Prison Blues to the thread title!

[LWJ]

Crazy. (Incompetent!)

[A930Rocket]

Will that buff out?

[pavulon]

This is why nobody should ever visit Tennessee.

[MBAtarga]

IF and I mean IF that trucker had a CDL - he won't have one for long!

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by pavulon

This is why nobody should ever visit Tennessee.

Too much orange!!!

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[jyl]

Puts my kids’ little fender-benders in perspective. I’ll bet he got grounded by his mommy for that!

[HobieMarty]

So, who pays for all the damage, trucking company?

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[sc_rufctr]

Did the truck stall? I can't imagine him just sitting there with a train coming.

[IROC]

This was on our local news this morning. "Investigation is still ongoing"...

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Watch it in 50% playback speed.

My first thought is it's a movie stunt. Without cameras.

[ficke]

Driver should have run the red light and let the car crashes happen, better than the train.

[URY914]

A whole lot of stupid right there.....

[greglepore]

The news video following shows the aftermath, pretty much the entire train derailled.

[GH85Carrera]

One of the interesting accident scenes I photographed ages ago was fortunately in the middle of nowhere, Alabama. A 18 wheeler with a load of raw cotton on the way to the mill was struck broadside by a train. I met the train at an intersection. The engine uncoupled from the train, pulled up to the intersection, I got on, and we backed up one mile, I took photos of the intersection. We pulled up to 1/2 and 1/4 mile away and I shot the engineers view. Then from the intersection I sot the cotton balls still just everywhere many months later. The good news is cotton is not a pollutant. No real damage to the tracks or the road and no trees in that area.

It was neat to be on the real train. I had to testify in court that I took them and answer some really stupid questions in court in Haneyville, AL. It looked just like the courtroom from to Kill a Mocking Bird. No AC back then, some slow turning ceiling fans, and lots of lawyers in sear sucker suits with thick southern accents.

The truck driver was only lightly injured, his truck just mangled, and the train was beat up as well. The lawsuit was all about who was at fault, and even back then I knew the train did not chase sown the truck to hit him. Just an idiot truck driver.

[cstreit]

...if I saw this about to happen I sure as heck wouldn't have sat there and filmed it. I'd be runnin.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area